Mini Review First Report of Plasmopara viticola causing Downy Mildew Disease on Grapevine in Sudan
Journal Title: Biomedical Journal of Scientific & Technical Research (BJSTR) - Year 2019, Vol 19, Issue 3
Abstract
Grapevine (Vitis vinifera) is the most widely planted fruit crop with 7.5 million hectares grown throughout the world. They are also one of the most management intensive crops in existence [1]. Grapevine has been introduced to Sudan in 1896. Later, many varieties have been introduced into Sudan by the Horticulture Administration, Ministry of Agriculture. In early 2007 commercial production was established in various locations in the outskirts of Khartoum city [2]. Among important fungal, bacterial and viral infections, downy mildew disease caused by Plasmopara viticola is an extremely serious disease, which has become a real threat to viticulture in many places around the world, particularly under humid and wet weather conditions [3]. Grape downy mildew epidemics have caused tremendous losses of produce over rather large areas, and thus some major economic hardship in several regions of the world [4]. Downy mildew epidemics cause both direct and indirect yield losses. While direct losses result from rotting of shoots, inflorescences, and clusters, leaf damage, on the contrary, is responsible for an indirect yield losses through reduction in the photosynthetic activity of the affected leaves or premature defoliation of vines, which consequently lead to carbohydrates reduction that negatively influences the grape quality, and the reserve accumulation and the plant vigour in the next season [1,5]. Survey the occurrence and epidemic development of downy mildew in grapevine was done twice In the winter and kharif (rainy) seasons of 2013 on two grape varieties (Cardinal and Crimson) at two locations in Sudan (Kadaru, 22 km north of Khartoum, the capital city of Sudan at latitude 15.74ºN and longitude 32.40ºE and Taiba [Jabal Awlia] locality 40 km south of Khartoum city, at latitude 15.36ºN and longitude 32.53ºE). Characteristic symptoms of downy mildew were observed, these symptoms were: oil spots on the upper surface, in old infection the affected area showed necrotic lesions which were limited by veins. On the corresponding under leaf surface there were delicate white to grayish cottony growth (Figures 1 & 2). Both the disease incidence and the severity in the winter season were greater at Kadaru fields (50.7%, 0.93, respectively) than at Taiba vineyard (43.4%, 0.61, respectively). Conversely, the latter location demonstrated higher disease development (incidence 45.5% and severity 0.58) in the rainy season, than the former location (27.4%, 0.25, respectively) (Figure 3). The detection of the pathogen oospores outside the infection periods in winter and the rainy season, respectively, was carried out in the two grape varieties ‘Cardinal’ and ‘Crimson’ at Zadna farm in 2013. Infected leaf samples were taken randomly from four sites of the grapevine yard. At each site three growing leaves and three dry fallen leaves were collected from three different trees per variety. The samples were examined monthly under the microscope through the remaining periods of the year to detect the pathogen stages (i.e. vegetative and sexual spores).
Authors and Affiliations
Elsayed SM Hamid, Azza SH Abbo, Siddig M El Hassan
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