Project
Identification and Quantification of Nematodes in Interactions with Bacterial and Fungal Incitants in Stalk Rot Complexes of Millet
Details
Project Code:
KSU-108
Start Date:
1984
End Date:
1991
CRSP Phase:
Not Available
Budget:
Not Available
Participants
Lead University:
Kansas State University
Other Partners:
Collaborating Scientists' Institutions: ICRISAT (India); Kasetsart University (Thailand); SADCC/ICRISAT (Zimbabwe); INRAN (Niger); Agricultural Research Corporation (Sudan); Kenya Agricultural Research Institute (Kenya); Pennsylavania State University, Texas A&M University, University of Nebraska - Lincoln (US)
Principal Investigator(s):
L.E. Claflin; J.E. Leach
Co-Principal Investigator(s):
None
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Overview
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Objectives
1. To ascertain the importance of Pseudomonasavenae and Xanthomtonas campestis pv. pennainelicanun as secdborne pathogens contributing to yield losses in pearl millet; 2. To identify and characterize Fusarium moniliforme isolates from LDCs with respect to mating type and vegetative compatibility group; 3. To determine the relative importance of seedborne vs. soilborne strains of F. moniliforne as causes of stalkrot; 4. To evaluate various sorghum accessions for tolerance to covered kernel smut.
Outcomes
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