Worldwide new host record of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum on Cannabis indica in Jammu, India

Pankaj Sharma, PD Meena, VK Razdan, Vishal Gupta and Dhiraj Singh

Abstract


Sclerotinia sclerotiorum (Lib.) de Bary, the causal organism of over 500 host plants is distributed worldwide,
and it is among the most nonspecific, omnivorous and successful plant pathogen. On Cannabis indica stem,
white mycelial growth bearing black, spherical to cylindrical sclerotia was observed. It was identified as
Sclerotinia sclerotiorum (Lib.) de Bary. To the best of our knowledge, this is the worldwide new host record
of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum.


Keywords


Cannabis indica, new host, pathogenicity, Sclerotinia sclerotiorum

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