Gontor AGROTECH Science Journal
Vol 1, No 2 (2015): Juni 2015

A Survey of Phytopathogenic Fungi and Oomycetes in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Arya Widyawan (Plant Protection Department, College of Food and Agricultural Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia)
Boy Valenza Damiri (East West Seed Indonesia, Purwakarta, Indonesia)
Adyatma Irawan Santosa (Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Ankara, Ankara, Turkey)
Haris Setyaningrum (Agrotechnology Department, University of Darussalam Gontor, Indonesia)

Article Info

Publish Date
17 Jun 2015

Abstract

A survey of phytopathogenic fungi and Oomyceteswas conducted in Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia duringOctober 2008 – May 2009. Total of 223 samples were collectedfrom four regions; Al-Kharj, Oyaynah, Old Diriyah, and Al Amariyah. Isolation was done using Potato Dextrose Agar(PDA). Infected parts were cut then sterilized in chlorox(10%), then were put in petridish that contain PDA andincubated at 25-27 °C. A total twelve genera of fungi andsingle genera of Oomycetes were isolated from the infectedplants and identifi ed as Fusarium spp., Alternaria spp.,Helmintosphorium (Bipolaris) spp., Sclerotium spp., Rhizoctoniaspp., Cladosporium spp., Mauginiella scattae, Erysiphe spp.,Leveillula spp., Macrophomina phaseolina, Ustilago spp.,Ulocladium spp., and Phytium spp.

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Gontor AGROTECH Science Journal
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Abbrev

agrotech

Publisher

Universitas Darussalam Gontor

Subject

Agriculture, Biological Sciences & Forestry Education

Description

Gontor AGROTECH Science Journal (GASJ) is a sciencetific journal published biannual (june and december), covered but not limited issues in agronomy, integrated farming, sutainable agriculture, plant cultivation, soil science, plant protection, pest and diseases. GASJ published research article, ...