أمراض الذرة البيضاء الوعائية في سورية

Abstract EN

Grain sorghum is considered to be a minor crop in Syria, and accordingly, information concerning its diseases are limited.

A survey conducted during summer of 1992 revealed the existance of different vascular and vascular-like diseases in Syria affecting this crop.

The diseases recorded were fusarium stalk rot, head blight, charcoal rot, acremonium wilt and pokkah boeng.

These diseases were recorded for the first time.

The causal agents except that of pokkah boeng were successfully isolated.

Those pathogens were Fusarium moniliforme, Macrophomina phaseolina and Acremonium strictum.

Performance of nine promising lines and thirty six newly developed lines against those disease were recorded.