Soil fusaria from oil palm habitats in Malaysia

Fusarium species were isolated from 22 sampling sites in 4 oil palm plantations located in different regions of Peninsular Malaysia using Peptone-PCNB medium. Eight species and two varieties of Fusarium viz., F. solani, F. oxysporum, F. oxysporum var. redolens, F. semitectum, F. moniliforme, F. moni...

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Main Authors: Ho, Yin Wan, Varghese, George
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universiti Pertanian Malaysia 1985
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/2528/
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description Fusarium species were isolated from 22 sampling sites in 4 oil palm plantations located in different regions of Peninsular Malaysia using Peptone-PCNB medium. Eight species and two varieties of Fusarium viz., F. solani, F. oxysporum, F. oxysporum var. redolens, F. semitectum, F. moniliforme, F. moniliforme var. subglutinans, F. equiseti, F. longipes, F. lateritium and F. heterosporum were isolated. Among these, F. solani and F. oxysporum were the most prevalent species followed by F. semitectum and F. moniliforme. The other 5 species and 2 varieties of Fusarium were of sporadic occurrence. Generally, soils from areas with young palms had larger number and greater variety of Fusarium species when compared to soils from mature and old palm areas. The rhizosp here soil contained a greater variety of Fusarium species than soils in the avenue of palms (non-rhizosphre soil).
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spelling upm-25282016-04-14T03:16:40Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/2528/ Soil fusaria from oil palm habitats in Malaysia Ho, Yin Wan Varghese, George Fusarium species were isolated from 22 sampling sites in 4 oil palm plantations located in different regions of Peninsular Malaysia using Peptone-PCNB medium. Eight species and two varieties of Fusarium viz., F. solani, F. oxysporum, F. oxysporum var. redolens, F. semitectum, F. moniliforme, F. moniliforme var. subglutinans, F. equiseti, F. longipes, F. lateritium and F. heterosporum were isolated. Among these, F. solani and F. oxysporum were the most prevalent species followed by F. semitectum and F. moniliforme. The other 5 species and 2 varieties of Fusarium were of sporadic occurrence. Generally, soils from areas with young palms had larger number and greater variety of Fusarium species when compared to soils from mature and old palm areas. The rhizosp here soil contained a greater variety of Fusarium species than soils in the avenue of palms (non-rhizosphre soil). Universiti Pertanian Malaysia 1985 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/2528/1/Soil_Fusaria_from_Oil_Palm_Habitats_in_Malaysia.pdf Ho, Yin Wan and Varghese, George (1985) Soil fusaria from oil palm habitats in Malaysia. Pertanika, 8 (3). pp. 331-336. ISSN 0126-6128
spellingShingle Ho, Yin Wan
Varghese, George
Soil fusaria from oil palm habitats in Malaysia
title Soil fusaria from oil palm habitats in Malaysia
title_full Soil fusaria from oil palm habitats in Malaysia
title_fullStr Soil fusaria from oil palm habitats in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Soil fusaria from oil palm habitats in Malaysia
title_short Soil fusaria from oil palm habitats in Malaysia
title_sort soil fusaria from oil palm habitats in malaysia
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/2528/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/2528/1/Soil_Fusaria_from_Oil_Palm_Habitats_in_Malaysia.pdf