Volume 12
Issue 2/volume12
Horticulture
JOURNAL OF
POLISH
AGRICULTURAL
UNIVERSITIES
Available Online: http://www.ejpau.media.pl/volume12/issue2/volume12/abs-07.html
FUNGI COLONIZING STEMS AND LEAVES OF HOT PEPPER PLANTS (CAPSICUM ANNUUM L.) CULTIVATED IN FIELD
Agnieszka Jamiołkowska
Department of Plant Protection and Quarantine, Faculty of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, University of Life Sciences in Lublin, Poland
ABSTRACT
The species of fungi occurring in stems and leaves of
hot pepper plants cultivated in the field were investigated in 2004 and 2006,
in Zezulin near Lublin. The object of study were three cultivars of hot pepper:
'Rokita', 'Orkan', 'Bronowicka Ostra'. The mycological analyses showed that in
stems and leaves of hot pepper predominated Alternaria alternata, Fusarium oxysporum and F.
equiseti. The effect of communities on Alternaria alternata growth
was evaluated with the biotic series method. The communities supported the pathogen’s
growth to various extent. The structural similarity between the fungal communities
investigated was evaluated with SYNTAX 5.01.
Key words: hot pepper, Alternaria alternata, Fusarium oxysporum, Fusarium equiseti, biotic series method.
Agnieszka Jamiołkowska
Department of Plant Protection and Quarantine, Faculty of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, University of Life Sciences in Lublin, Poland
phone: (+48 81) 532-30-47
7 Leszczynskiego Street
20-069 Lublin
Poland
email: aguto@wp.pl
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