, Research Notes

Web blight of cowpea: occurrence and distribution in Trinidad

Research Notes
G.L. Rajnauth
Department of Plant Pathology, Central Experiment Station, Ministry of Agriculture, Land and Marine Resources, Centeno, via Arima P.O., Trinidad and Tobago
A. St. Hill
Department of Plant Pathology, Central Experiment Station, Ministry of Agriculture, Land and Marine Resources, Centeno, via Arima P.O., Trinidad and Tobago
PDF

Keywords

Vigna unguiculata
Vegetable cowpea
Web blight
Trinidad
Rhizoctonia solani

How to Cite

Web blight of cowpea: occurrence and distribution in Trinidad. (1993). Tropical Agriculture, 70(2). https://journals.sta.uwi.edu/ojs/index.php/ta/article/view/7091
ACM ACS APA ABNT Chicago Harvard IEEE MLA Turabian Vancouver AMA

Download Citation

Endnote/Zotero/Mendeley (RIS) BibTeX

Abstract

Aetiological studies confirmed that a new disease of vegetable cowpea [Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp, observed in 1985 in Trinidad, was web blight caused by the fungus Rhizoctonia solani Kiihn lanamc of Thanatephorus cucumeris (Frank) Donk). Web blight was widespread in its distribution in Trini and was observed on all locally grown cultivars of cowpea. The implications of the findings to crop] practices in Trinidad are discussed.
PDF