Infection of mungbean seed by Macrophomina phaseolina is more likely to result from localized pod infection than from systemic plant infection

• Published in: Plant pathology Vol. 62; no. 6; pp. 1271 - 1284
• Main Authors: Fuhlbohm, M. J., Ryley, M. J., Aitken, E. A. B.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Blackwell 01.12.2013; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: Biological and medical sciences; charcoal rot; Diquat; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Fungal plant pathogens; Host plants; infection; Macrophomina phaseolina; mungbean; Paraquat; Pathogens; Phytopathology. Animal pests. Plant and forest protection; seed; Soil moisture; Plant pathology; Plant pathogen; Pod; seed; Systemic; Mung bean; Result; Fungi; Infection; Plant; Rot; mungbean; Macrophomina phaseolina; Fungi Imperfecti; charcoal rot; Localized

The ubiquitous fungal pathogen Macrophomina phaseolina is best known as causing charcoal rot and premature death when host plants are subject to post‐flowering stress. Overseas reports of M. phaseolina causing a rapid rot during the sprouting of Australian mungbean seed resulted in an investigation...