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Diseases caused by P.colocasiae   in Colocasia
 
Leaf blight
Leaf spot
Storage rot of corms
Wet rot of corms
P.colocasiae

P.colocasiae was first described as the casual agent of leaf spot of taro. Sporangia are semipapillate, caduceus, ovoid or sometimes fusiform. Antheridia are amphigynous and subterminal; oogonia are globose. P.colocasiae are heterothallic. The optimum growth temperature is 27-30 degree Celsius.
P.colocasiae infecting Crops
Betelvine
Colocasia
Rubber
Designed and Developed by: Alias E., Shaji A., M. Anandaraj and S.J. Eapen, Bioinformatics Centre, IISR, Calicut.