Morphological and molecular characterization of phytophthora capsici, the causal agent of foot rot disease of black pepper in Sarawak, Malaysia

• Main Authors: Md Daut, Siti Noor Farhana, M. Shahul Hameed, Rahamath Bivi, Ahmad, Khairulmazmi, Wong, Sing King, Meon, Sariah
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Friends Science Publishers 2013
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/29372/1/Morphological%20and%20molecular%20characterization%20of%20phytophthora%20capsici%2C%20the%20causal%20agent%20of%20foot%20rot%20disease%20of%20black%20pepper%20in%20Sarawak%2C%20Malaysia.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/29372/; http://www.fspublishers.org/Issue.php?categoryID=118
• Institution: Universiti Putra Malaysia

Sarawak is one of the largest exporters of black pepper (Piper nigrum L.) but the production of this crop is in the decline, because of the foot rot disease. The objective of this study was to determine the morphological and molecular characters of the Phytophthora capsici the causal agent of foot r...