ALSE SMUT, A NEW DISEASE ON RICE IN EGYPT

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Plant Pathology Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Alexandria University.

2 Plant Pathology Res. Inst., Agric. Res. Center, Egypt.

Abstract

False smut caused by Usti/aginoidea virens was reported on rice, for the first
time in Behaira province, Northern Egypt 1998, In 1999, the disease was observed in
four Governorates namely: Kafr-EI-Sheikh, EI-Sharkia, EI-Gharbia and Dakablia.
Disease severity, varied in different locations and on different rice cultivated cultivars,
Symptom development, spore formation and spore forming structures were studied, 

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