WEEDS DIVERSITY IN EASTERN U.P. (GORAKHPUR) ASSOCIATED WITH PHYTOPLASMA.
Namita Singh* and P.P. Upadhyaya
ABSTRACT
Phytoplasma causes diseases on several weed plants and resulted in
serious losses on weeds diversity. Therefore, phytoplasma diseases are
reduces plants production and lowers its quantum and quality and
gaining importance because of unspecific symptoms, serious losses
and epidemiological thought in the Eastern U.P. The identification of
phytoplasma disease was previously mostly relied on identification of
symptoms but sometimes it is too difficult to identify the diseased
plants because of absence of peculiar symptoms in infected plants
thought the tenure of the crop. For this purpose an authentic
characterization methodology is required for quick and authentic
diagnosis of phytoplasmas at early stages of infection. Since
limited attempts have been made on identification and characterization of the phytoplasma
occurring on weed plants in Eastern U.P.
Keywords: Phytoplasma cause, the phytoplasma occurring, diagnosis of phytoplasmas.
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