Present status of jute anthracnose (Colletotrichum corchorum and C. gloeosporioides) in India


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Authors

  • S.K. SARKAR*, S. SATPATHY and S. MITRA

Keywords:

Jute, Corchorus olitorius, anthracnose, Colletotrichum gloeosporioides

Abstract

Earlier jute anthracnose (Colletotrichum corchorum attacking white jute and C. gloeosporioides attacking tossa jute) was considered as minor disease and restricted to Bangladesh and Assam in India. In India it is of regular occurrence in capsular is belt of India viz. Assam, North Bengal, Bihar, and Uttar Pradesh in endemic form. Anthracnose (C. gloeosporioides) in tossa jute was restricted to Assam since 1966-68. During survey (2008-2015) at different centres of All India Network Project on Jute and Allied Fibres the dsease was recorded in almost all the jute growing states to the tune of 5-20%. Major reasons for such spread and establishment of tossa jute anthracnose in all the important jute growing states is either through introduction of pathogen along with seeds of germplasm (about 2500 accession) collected from Bangladesh, South East Asian (China, Indonesia, Thailand, Nepal, Pakistan) and African (South Africa, Kenya, Tanzania) countries over last four decades or use of susceptible materials for national hybridization programme since 1970s for development of new varieties.

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Vol. 69 No. 4s (2016): Indian Phytopathology : Special Issue

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S. MITRA, S. S. S. S. and. (2016). Present status of jute anthracnose (Colletotrichum corchorum and C. gloeosporioides) in India. Indian Phytopathology, 69(4s), 252-254. https://epubs.icar.org.in/index.php/IPPJ/article/view/71297