SURVEY ON PREVALENCE OF DRY BUBBLE DISEASE OF WHITE BUTTON MUSHROOM CAUSED BY Verticillium fungicola FROM SELECTED REGIONS OF NORTHERN INDIA
SHIVAM SINGH *
Department of Plant Pathology, School of Agriculture, Lovely Professional University, Phagwara-144411, Punjab, India
ABHILASHA A. LAL
Department of Plant Pathology, Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences, Prayagraj-211007, UP, India
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
A survey for incidence of dry bubble disease and collection of different isolates was carried out in February, 2016 from selected regions of Northern India, where white button mushroom are grown. Among all the districts surveyed, highest incidence (65%) of dry bubble disease was recorded in Ayodhya (Faizabad) district of Uttar Pradesh. Incidence was ranged between 25 to 65% in surveyed regions of Northern India.
Keywords: Disease incidence, dry bubble disease, white button mushroom.