<i>Botryodiplodia</i> SP. CANKER ON <i>Ficus benjamina</i> IN EGYPT

AL-BEDAK O.A.¹, MOHAMED R.A.E.O.², AL-RYANI M.A.^3
1Assiut University Mycological Centre, Faculty of Science, Assiut University, 71516 Assiut, Egypt.
²Botany and Microbiology Department, Faculty of Science, Assiut University, 71516 Assiut, Egypt.
³Department of Botany, Faculty of science, Al-Jabal Al-Gharbi University, Libya.

Received : 28-11-2013     Accepted : 18-12-2013     Published : 28-12-2013
Volume : 2     Issue : 1       Pages : 33 - 34
World Res J Agr Biotechnol 2.1 (2013):33-34

<i>Botryodiplodia</i> sp. AUMC 9468 was isolated in pure culture from canker on <i>Ficus benjamina,</i> on side of Ibraheemia bank stream at Assiut governorate, Egypt. The analysis of growth condition suggested the trees were stressed induced by light, nutrient and medium factors. This report is the first for <i>Botryodiplodia</i> canker on <i>F. benjamina</i> in Egypt. The pathogenicity test were resulted on that the fungus was introduced with the trees, penetrated through bark wounds, and incubated under conditions stressful to the well-being of the tree.