First Report of Fusarium circinatum Associated with Declining Pinus wallichiana Forests in Kumrat Valley, Dir Kohistan Division
First Report of Fusarium circinatum Associated with Declining Pinus wallichiana Forests in Kumrat Valley, Dir Kohistan Division
Mahnoor Baloch* and Sanam Zarif Satti
Figure 1:
Study area where diseased Pinus wallichiana forests were surveyed and samples were collected.
Figure 2:
(A) wilting of Pinus wallichiana stands in Kumrat valley; (B) stem cankers caused by Fusarium circinatum in mature Pinus wallichiana trees.
Figure 3:
Microscopic features of Fusarium circinatum (A) sterile coil hyphae on PDA media; (B) obovoid micro-conidia and curved macro-conidia on PDA medium.
