title: Fusarium mangiferae associated with mango malformation in the tarai region of the Uttarakhand state of India.
abstract: Mango malformation is the most dangerous disease to mango worldwide. There are hints that Fusarium mangiferae might be one of the probable casual agents of disease. Recently, we reported on Fusarium isolates obtained from the mango tarai region of Uttarakhand acquiring morphological features of F. mangiferae. Here, further confirmation of Fusarium isolates were made by PCR amplification using primers specific to the translation elongation factors 1α and β-tubulin gene of F. mangiferae. Further, SDS-PAGE and RAPD profiles showed genetic variability among isolates of F. mangiferae. This study provides further direct evidence of involvement of different strains of F. mangiferae in malformation diseases of mango in the tarai region of the Uttarakhand state.
authors.affiliation: GB Pant University of Agriculture & Technology; Uttarakhand, India.
authors.forename: Bhavna
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Joshi
authors.affiliation: International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB); Aruna Asaf Ali Marg; New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Mohammad Wahid
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Ansari
authors.affiliation: GB Pant University of Agriculture & Technology; Uttarakhand, India.
authors.forename: Gurdeep
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bains
authors.affiliation: GB Pant University of Agriculture & Technology; Uttarakhand, India.
authors.forename: Ramesh Chandra
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Pant
authors.affiliation: GB Pant University of Agriculture & Technology; Uttarakhand, India.
authors.forename: Alok
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Shukla
authors.affiliation: International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB); Aruna Asaf Ali Marg; New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Narendra
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Tuteja
authors.affiliation: GB Pant University of Agriculture & Technology; Uttarakhand, India.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kumar
mesh_terms: D005670:Fusarium / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000502:physiology; D054884:Host-Pathogen Interactions; D007194:India; D031022:Mangifera / Q000382:microbiology*; D010935:Plant Diseases / Q000382:microbiology
keywords: Fusarium mangiferae; PCR confirmation; colony character; genetic variability; mango malformation