Role of seed infection by the Ascochyta blight pathogen of dried pea (Mycosphaerella pinodes) in seedling emergence, early disease development and transmission of the disease to aerial plant parts |
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Authors: | A. Moussart B. Tivoli E. Lemarchand F. Deneufbourg S. Roi G. Sicard |
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Affiliation: | (1) Station de Pathologie Végétale, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, B.P. 29, 35650 Le Rheu, France;(2) Fédération Nationale des Agriculteurs et Multiplicateurs de Semences, Le Verger, 49800 Brain sur l'Authion, France |
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Abstract: | The role of infected seed in the epidemiology of Ascochyta blight of pea, caused by Mycosphaerella pinodes, was studied both under growth chamber and field conditions, using healthy seeds, naturally infected seeds and artificially infected seeds. Results suggest that infected seeds caused serious losses, as a result of poor germination and high transmission of the disease, to parts of the plants under soil level. Foot rot symptoms often caused the death of young seedlings. Losses were increased by low temperatures during the early stage of crop development. M. pinodes progressed from seeds to aerial parts of the plants, but no Ascochyta blight symptoms occurred, the disease remaining near to the basal parts of the plants as a foot rot symptom. This suggests that seeds cannot be regarded as a source of contamination in the epidemiology of the disease. |
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Keywords: | Pisum sativum airborne fungal disease primary inoculum foot rot |
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