Charcoal Rot Disease of <I>Boswellia serrata</I> a New Host Record

Abstract

Macrophomina phaseolina (Tassi) G. Goid. Causing root rot and leaf blight of Boswellia serrata in nurseries at Jabalpur and Nepanagar, was a new record of tbe pathogen on the host. The disease caused severe losses to Boswellia serrata in the nursery. The infection was controlled by spraying with 0.2 and 0.1 percent bavistin or dithane M-45.