TY  - EJOU
AU  - A, Dhyani  
AU  - Nautiyal, BP  
AU  - Nautiyal, MC  
AU  - Rivera, MC  
AU  - Prasad, D  
AU  - Singh, KP  

TI  - First report of <i>Botrytis cinerea</i> on <i>Lilium polyphyllum</i>, a critically endangered herb in Uttarakhand, India
T2  - Phyton-International Journal of Experimental Botany

PY  - 2012
VL  - 81
IS  - all
SN  - 1851-5657

AB  - <i>Lilium polyphyllum</i> is a critically endangered herb in the wilds of Uttarakhand, India. Gray mold appeared as a new disease on this species from July to August (2008-2009) causing death of inflorescences and shoots. <i>Botrytis cinerea</i> was consistently isolated on PDA, from infected inflorescences. Pathogenicity was established by inoculation of potted plants of <i>L. polyphyllum</i> in a glasshouse. <i>Botrytis cinerea</i> was recorded as a gray mold pathogen on <i>L. polyphyllum</i> for the first time in India, causing flower and shoot blight. This disease may seriously affect reproductive stages of this endangered host. To our knowledge, B. cinerea had not been reported previously on <i>L. polyphyllum</i>.
KW  - <i>Lilium polyphyllum</i>
KW  -  Gray mold
KW  -  <i>Botrytis cinerea</i>
KW  -  First report
KW  -  India

DO  - 10.32604/phyton.2012.81.157