Resistance in Stylosanthes spp. to anthracnose (Colletotrichum gloeosporioides (Penz.) Penz. & Sacc.) disease

摘要

Stylosanthes is widely distributed range legume of tropical and subtropical region and preferred in sown pastures where soils are infertile. Anthracnose has become a wide spread and damaging disease accountable for 26-58% dry matter loss. Eighty fourout of one hundred and thirty two accessions from Australia, Ethiopia and India were found resistance against this disease. Minimum rate of basic infection was recorded in accession no. 57 and maximum infection rate was in accession no.498 from Ethiopia.A chi square analysis indicated that occurrence of both types of symptoms is independent and had no affinity with particular Stylosanthes spp.