For Sustainable Development in Improving Production, A Master's Thesis at the University of Basrah Discusses Combating Watermelon Dtem Blight Disease
A master's thesis at the College of Agriculture at the University of Basrah discussed combating watermelon stem blight disease using the biological fungus Trichoderma viride and the chitosan compound in Basra Governorate.
The thesis aims to isolate the pathogens and diagnose them morphologically and molecularly and the possibility of combating watermelon stem blight disease.
The thesis of researcher Iman Jabbar Muhammad included a field survey of five areas in the governorate and a study of the properties of soil and irrigation water and the effect of the biological fungus and the chitosan compound in laboratory and field experiments.
The thesis concluded the emergence of the fungus Paramyrothecium roridum recorded for the first time in Basra as a cause of the disease and the efficiency of the biological fungus and the chitosan compound in combating it.
The study recommended the application of integrated management for combating it.
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