Etiology, impact and control of rhizoctonia seedling blight and root rot of chickpea on the Canadian prairies

Canadian Journal of Plant Science

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 959-967

  Hwang, S F ^a   Gossen, B D ^b   Chang, K F ^c   Turnbull, G D ^a   Howard, R J ^c   Blade, S F ^c  

^a ALBERTA RESEARCH COUNCIL   (Canada)

^b SASKATOON RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

^c ALBERTA AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cicer arietinum; Fungicide; Rhizoctonia solani; Seed treatment; Seeding date

Indexed keywords

CROP YIELD; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETIOLOGY; FUNGAL DISEASE; LEGUME; NODULATION;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

CICER; CICER ARIETINUM; FUNGI; HYPHOMYCETES; RHIZOCTONIA; RHIZOCTONIA SOLANI; THANATEPHORUS CUCUMERIS;

EID: 1542758585     PISSN: 00084220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4141/P02-165     Document Type: Article

References (38)

1. Anderson, N. A. 1977. Evaluation of the Rhizoctonia complex in relation to seedling blight of flax. Plant Dis. Reptr. 61: 140-142.
2. Anderson, N. A. 1982. The genetics and pathology of Rhizoctonia solani. Ann. Rev. Phytopathol. 20: 329-347.
3. Anderson, T. R., Olechowski, H. and Welacky, T. 1988. Incidence of Rhizoctonia and Fusarium root rot of soybean in southwestern Ontario, 1986. Can. Plant Dis. Surv. 68: 143-145.
4. Anonymous. 2001. Chickpea: Situation and outlook. Bi-weekly Bulletin, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Vol. 14 No. 3. 9 February 2001.
5. Bartlett, M. S. 1947. The use of transformations. Biometrics 3: 39-52.
6. Duczmal, K. W. and Minika, L. 1989. Further studies on pea seed quality and seedling emergence in the field. Acta Hortic. 253: 239-246.
7. Duniway, J. M. 1977. Changes in resistance to water transport in safflower during the development of Phytophthora root rot. Phytopathology 67: 331-337.
8. Fouly, H. M., Pedersen, W. L. Wilkinson, H. T. and Abd El-Kader, M. M. 1996. Wheat root rotting fungi in the "old" and "new" agricultural lands of Egypt. Plant Dis. 80: 1298-1300.
9. Gray, F. A. and Hine, R. B. 1976. Development of Phytophthora root rot of alfalfa in the field and the association of Rhizobium nodules with early root infections. Phytopathology 66: 1413-1417.
10. Gugel, R. K., Yitbarek, S. M., Verma, P. R., Morall, R. A. A. and Sadasivaiah, R. S. 1987. Etiology of the Rhizoctonia root rot complex of canola in the Peace River region of Alberta. Can. J. Plant Pathol. 9: 119-128.
11. Hwang, S. F. 1988. Effects of VA mycorrhizae and metalaxyl on growth of alfalfa seedlings in soils from fields with "alfalfa sickness" in Alberta. Plant Dis. 72: 448-452.
12. Hwang, S. F., Gossen, B. D., Chang, K. F., Turnbull, G. D. and Howard, R. J. 2001. Effect of seed damage and metalaxyl seed treatment on Pythium seedling blight and seed yield of field pea in Alberta, Canada. Can. J. Plant Sci. 81: 509-519.
13. Kaiser, W. J. and Horner, G. M. 1980. Root rot of irrigated lentils in Iran. Can. J. Bot. 58: 2549-2556.
14. Kaminsky, D. A. and Verma, P. R. 1985. Cultural characteristics virulence and in vitro temperature effects on mycelial growth of Rhizoctonia isolates from rapeseed. Can. J. Plant Pathol. 7: 256-261.
15. Keijer, J. 1996. Initial steps in the infection process. Pages 149-162 in B. Sneh, S. Jabaji-Hare, S. Neate, and G. Dijst, eds. Rhizoctonia species: Taxonomy, molecular biology, ecology, pathology and disease control. Kluwer Academic Publ., Dordrecht, The Netherlands
16. Kulik, M. M., Dery, P. D. and Douglass, L. W. 1995. Frequency of plants in populations of alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) resistant to pre-and post emergence damping-off incited by AG 4 isolates of Rhizoctonia solani. J. Plant Dis. Prot. 102: 51-57.
17. Littel, R. C., Milliken, G. A., Stroup, W. W. and Wolfinger, R. D. 1996. SAS system for mixed models. SAS Institute, Cary, NC. 656 pp.
18. Nelson, B. and Kural, I. 1991. Characterization and pathogenicity of Rhizoctonia from soybean. N. Dakota Acad. Sci. Proc. 45: 38.
19. Nelson, B., Helms, T., Christianson, T. and Kural, I. 1996. Characterization and pathogenicity Rhizoctonia from soybean. Plant Dis. 80: 74-80.
20. Ogoshi, A. 1990. Rhizoctonia species and anastomosis groups causing root rot of wheat and barley in the Pacific Northwest. Phytopathology 80: 784-788.
21. Papavizas, G. C., Adams, P. B., Lumsden, R. D., Lewis, J. A., Dow, R. L., Ayers, W. A. and Kantzes, J. G. 1975. Ecology and epidemiology of Rhizoctonia in field soil. Phytopathology 65: 871-877.
22. Parmeter, J. R. and Whitney, H. S. 1970. Taxonomy and nomenclature of the imperfect state. Pages 7-19 in J. R. Panneter, ed. Rhizoctonia solani - Biology and pathology. University of California Press, Berkley, CA.
23. Pieczarca, D. J. and Abawi, G. S. 1978. Effect of interaction between Fusarium, Pythium, and Rhizoctonia solani in soil. Phytopathology 68: 403-408.
24. Phillips, A. J. L. 1989. Relationship of Rhizoctonia solani inoculum density to incidence of hypocotyl rot and damping-off in dry beans. Can. J. Microbiol. 35: 1132-1140.
25. SAS Institute, Inc. 1989. SAS/STAT® user's guide. Version 5, Vol. 2, 4th ed. SAS Institute, Inc., Cary, NC. 846 pp.
26. Schlub, R. L. and Schmitthenner, A. F. 1978. Effects of soybean seed coat cracks on seed exudation and seedling quality in soil infested with Pythium ultimum. Phytopathology 68: 1186-1191.
27. Schroth, M. N. and Cook, R. J. 1964. Seed exudation and its influence on preemergence damping-off of bean. Phytopathology 54: 670-673.
28. Shehata, M. A., Pfleger, F. L. and Davis, D. W. 1983. Response of susceptible and moderately resistant pea genotypes to interaction between Rhizoctonia solani and three other stem and root pathogens. Plant Dis. 67: 1146-1148.
29. Singh, P. J. and Mehrotra, R. S. 1982. Influence of soil moisture and temperature on Rhizoctonia bataticola infection of gram. Ind. Phytopathol. 35: 327-329.
30. Tu, J. C. 1987. Integrated control of the pea root rot disease complex in Ontario. Plant Dis. 71: 9-13.
31. van Bruggen, A. H. C., Whalen, C. H. and Arneson, P. A. 1986a. Emergence, growth, and development of dry bean seedlings in response to temperature, soil moisture, and Rhizoctonia solani. Phytopathology 76: 567-572.
32. van Bruggen, A. H. C., Whalen, C. H. and Arneson, P. A. 1986b. Effects of inoculation level of Rhizoctonia solani on emergence, plant development and yield of dry bean. Phytopathology 76: 869-873.
33. Wang, H., Hwang, S. F., Turnbull, G. D., Chang, K. F. and Howard, R. J. 2001. Disease survey of chickpea in west-central Saskatchewan in 2000. Can. Plant Dis Surv. 81: 115-18.
34. Wang, H., Turnbull, G. D., Hwang, S. F., Chang, K. F. and Howard, R. J. 1999. Disease survey of chickpea in west-central Saskatchewan in 1998. Can. Plant Dis. Surv. 79: 105-107.
35. Wellington, P. S. 1962. An analysis of discrepancies between germination capacity and field establishment of peas. J. Nat. Inst. Agric. Bot. 9: 160-169.
36. Xi, K., Stephens, J. G. H. and Hwang, S. F. 1995. Dynamics of pea seed infection by Pythium ultimum and Rhizoctonia solani: Effects of inoculum density and temperature on seed rot and pre-emergence damping-off. Can. J. Plant Pathol. 17: 19-24.
37. Yamamoto, S. D. K. 1984. The effect of moisture, temperature, seed physical characteristics and seed treatments on germination and emergence of chickpeas (Cicer arietinum L.) M.Sc. Thesis. University Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK. 127 pp.
38. Yitbarek, S. M., Verma, P. R., Gugel, R. K. and Morrall, R. A. A. 1988. Effect of soil temperature and inoculum density on pre-emergence damping-off of canola caused by Rhizoctonia solani. Can. J. Plant Pathol. 10: 93-98