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Management of Deleterious Effect of Fusarium oxysporum Associated with Red Palm Weevil Infestation of Date Palm Trees

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  • El-Sayed H. E. Ziedan

    (Plant Pathology Department, National Research Centre, Dokki, Cairo 12622, Egypt)

  • Mohamed Hashem

    (Biology Department, Faculty of Science, King Khalid University, Abha 61321, Saudi Arabia
    Botany and Microbiology Department, Faculty of Science, Assiut University, Assiut 71516, Egypt)

  • Yasser S. Mostafa

    (Biology Department, Faculty of Science, King Khalid University, Abha 61321, Saudi Arabia)

  • Saad Alamri

    (Biology Department, Faculty of Science, King Khalid University, Abha 61321, Saudi Arabia)

Abstract

Red palm weevil (RPW) is a dangerous pest that infects the date palm tree and makes tunnels in the tree’s trunk. RPW infection is followed by secondary invaders of microorganisms that cause degradation of the trunk tissues leading to toppling the crown and death of the tree in a short time. This study showed that Fusarium oxysporum Schlecht. was the common fungal species isolated from the root and trunk tissues of the date trees infested with RPW, which recorded 100% of frequency. Pathogenicity of 4 isolates of F. oxysporum was confirmed on date palm seeds and seedlings. The results confirmed that all isolates involved in rot of the germinated seeds (40–100% incidence), root rot, and death of palm seedlings (20–100%) under artificial infection as well as degradation of date palm petioles. Application of 20 L/palm of systemic fungicide (Topsin) at 1% as foliar and soil drench of date palm for successive three times successfully reduced development of the deterioration and suppressed the growth of F. oxysporum . Interestingly this fungicide did not suppress the growth of Trichoderma viride Pers. So, our results recommend this fungicide to suppress the pathological and degradable activities of F. oxysporum during the integrated pest management of RPW on date palm trees.

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  • El-Sayed H. E. Ziedan & Mohamed Hashem & Yasser S. Mostafa & Saad Alamri, 2022. "Management of Deleterious Effect of Fusarium oxysporum Associated with Red Palm Weevil Infestation of Date Palm Trees," Agriculture, MDPI, vol. 12(1), pages 1-10, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jagris:v:12:y:2022:i:1:p:71-:d:718922
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