First report et al. of Didymella americana causing leaf blight on Lily [Lilium hybrida (Longiflorum x Asiatic)] in India

• Published in: Indian phytopathology Vol. 74; no. 3; pp. 855 - 857
• Main Authors: Latif, Rabia, Ahmad, Khurshid, Bhat, Zahoor Ahmad, Mohiddin, Fayaz Ahmad, Nazki, Imtiyaz Tahir
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New Delhi Springer India 2021
• Subjects: Biomedical and Life Sciences; Life Sciences; New Reports; Plant Pathology; Mathur’s media; Didymella blight
• ISSN: 0367-973X; 2248-9800
• DOI: 10.1007/s42360-021-00386-4

Didymella blight of lily is a major fungal disease and is one of the main factors that limit the lily cultivation and production. It appeared as a new disease on crop lily from May to August (2018–2019) in both the mentioned years causing death of leaves. The pathogen was consistently isolated on Mathur’s media from infected leaves and was identified as
Didymella americana
based on morphological characteristics of isolate in pure culture as well as on host and molecular characteristics.