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    Rapid screening method of cassava cultivars for resistance to Collectotrichum gloeosporioides f.sp. manihotis

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    2002-01
    Author
    Fokunang, C.N.
    Dixon, Alfred G.O.
    Ikotun, T.
    Akem, C.N.
    Tembe, E.A.
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    Journal Article
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    An in vitro method for assessing cassava anthracnose disease (CAD) resistance was developed as a preliminary screen to a CAD‐resistant breeding programme. Potato dextrose agar (PDA) media was amended by extracts from the stem cortex of 10 cassava cultivars (30001; 30572, 30211, 88/02549, 88/00695, 88/01336, 91/00344, 91/00313, 91/00684 and 91/00475), and assayed for efficacy of inhibition of the growth of Colletotrichum gloeosporioides f. sp. manihotis isolates (05FCN, 10FCN, 12FCN, and 18FCN). Morphological and physiological data indicated that there was a significant difference (P ≤ 0.05), in mycelial growth, spore germination and sporulation among the four isolates on PDA amended with cassava stem extracts. Extracts from cassava cultivars 30211, 91/00684 and 91/00313 showed higher inhibition of germ tube development, mycelial growth and sporulation of the fungal isolates, whereas cultivars 88/02549 and 88/01336 showed the least inhibition. The 10 cultivars were further tested in both greenhouse and field conditions, under disease pressure for two planting seasons, to corroborate resistance to the fungus as observed in vitro. Greenhouse and field trials with the 10 cassava cultivars showed a significant difference (P ≤ 0.05) in CAD resistance. Cultivars 88/02549 and 88/01336 were highly CAD‐susceptible, as shown in the in vitro assays and confirmed in the greenhouse and field tests. The other eight cultivars were either resistant (30211, 91/00684), or moderately resistant (30572, 88/00695, 91/00475, 91/00344, 30001 and 91/00313) to CAD. The study shows that an in vitro screening assay of cassava for resistance to CAD could serve as a convenient preliminary screening technique to discriminate CAD‐resistant from CAD‐susceptible cassava cultivars. The in vitro screening method considerably reduces time and labour in comparison with the current screening techniques of cassava, which involve field planting, inoculation and evaluation.
    https://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1439-0434.2002.00708.x
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    https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12478/4348
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    https://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1439-0434.2002.00708.x
    IITA Subjects
    Cassava
    Agrovoc Terms
    Anthracnosis; Colletotrichum Gloeosporioides; Cassava; Screening; Resistance Varieties
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    Journal of Phytopathology
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