Didymella rabiei, the teleomorph of Ascochyta rabiei, found on chickpea stubble in Western Australia

Authors

Jean Galloway, Department of Agriculture and Food WAFollow
W J. MacLeod, Department of Agriculture and Food WA

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

3-1-2003

Journal Title

Australasian Plant Pathology

ISSN

Print: 0815-3191 Electronic: 1448-6032

Keywords

Chickpea, asochyta blight, Western Australia

Disciplines

Agronomy and Crop Sciences | Biosecurity

Abstract

Ascospores of Didymella rabiei were trapped from chickpea stubble containing naturally occurring pseudothecia. Ascospores produced typical Ascochyta rabiei cultures on potato-dextrose agar plus gentamicin. Ascochyta blight developed on chickpea plants inoculated with conidia derived from single-ascospore cultures. This is the first record of the teleomorph, D. rabiei, in Australia. Its presence has implications in the long distance dispersal and epidemiology of ascochyta blight.

Recommended Citation

Galloway, J, and MacLeod, W J. (2003), Didymella rabiei, the teleomorph of Ascochyta rabiei, found on chickpea stubble in Western Australia. Australasian Plant Pathology, 32 (2003), 127-128.
https://library.dpird.wa.gov.au/bs_research/42