TY  - THES
TY  - BOOK
T1  - Effect of culture media on the growth of Fusarium Oxysporum F. sp Cubense isolated from infected banana trees
A1  - Nur Raizah Ab Rahman.
LA  - English
UL  - http://discoverylib.upm.edu.my/discovery/Record/555434
AB  - Panama Disease on banana has been recorded to be a virulent disease caused by Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense. This study was undertaken to identify the morphological characteristics of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense isolated from infected banana trees in UPMKB based on the cellular morphology and the stage of growth Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense on different media; potato dextrose agar, rose bengal agar, corn meal agar, water agar with glucose, water agar with starch, inoculation media and sporulation media. Those media were used with emphasis for characterization of colony features, growth rates, shapes and sizes of microconidia, macroconidia and chlamydospores  based on the comparison between Isolate 1 and 2. Different types of media or carbon sources used influenced the formation and occurrence of macroconidia, microconidia and chlamydospores of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense. For Isolate 1, the microconidia and macroconidia size are 12.94 μm and 57.45 μm respectively. For the second isolate, the size of microconidia and macroconidia are 15.13 μm and 53.05 μm respectively. Based on this study, isolate 2 was more virulent compared to isolate 1 since it gives more fungal infection as the artificial inoculation were done to test the pathogenicity of the Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense.
CN  - FSPM 2010 82
ER  -