TY  - BOOK
AU  - Rajalakshmy V K
AU  - Joseph A
TI  - Purple root disease of rubber: A new report for India
PY  - 1994///
PB  - Indian Journal of Natural Rubber Research
KW  - Helicobasidium compactum
KW  - Hevea brasiliensis
KW  - India
KW  - Purple root disease
N2  - The occurrence of purple root disease caused by Helicobasidium compactum Boedijn is reported for the first time on rubber in India.  The attack is mainly on nursery plants occasionally leading to their mortality.  The presence of distinct fruiting bodies girdling the collar region, purple coloured fungal growth on root surface and adventitious root formation are the distinguishing features of the disease
ER  -