Response of Sunflower under Charcoal Rot (Macrophomina phaseolina) Stress Conditions

Sanaullah Jalil; Hafeez Ahmad Sadaqat; Hammad Nadeem Tahir; Shafaullah; Asim Hayat; Niaz Ali

Abstract: Charcoal rot (Macrophomina phaseolina) covered a wide host range and is responsible for causing losses on more than 500 cultivated and wild plant species. So far in Pakistan it has been reported to cause disease on 67 economic hosts including field crops, pulses, flowers and vegetable. It was first reported in 1982 from sunflower field in Pakistan. The fungus is reported to be soil, seed and stubble borne. Twenty four (24) sunflower genotypes were analyzed under charcoal rot (Macrophomina phaseolina) stress conditions. The accessions were planted in a factorial randomized complete block design with three treatments within three replications. Accessions x treatments interaction are significant (P

Keywords: Sunflower, Accessions, Macrophomina phaseolina, Charcoal rot, Disease incidence