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Diseases caused by P.nicotianae   in Crossandra
 
Collar rot
Damping off
Foot rot
Root rot
Crossandra
 Kingdom Plantae
DivisionMagnoliophyta
ClassMagnoliopsida
Order
Family Acanthaceae
Sub family
GenusCrossandra
SpeciesC.infundibuliformis
Binomial NameCrossandra infundibuliformis

These are tropical, evergreen, shrubby plants from India and Malaya. They have oval, deep green leaves, about 2 inches long and compact spikes of lilac, red or yellow, funnel-shaped flowers with prominent bracts. Their height ranges from 6 inches to 3 feet, depending on the variety.


Species infecting Crossandra
P.nicotianae
 
Designed and Developed by: Alias E., Shaji A., M. Anandaraj and S.J. Eapen, Bioinformatics Centre, IISR, Calicut.