Publications by authors named "An-Zhong Zhen"
Article Synopsis
- Cigar tobacco is becoming a significant economic crop in Yunnan, China, but issues like root rot have been observed, affecting crop health with disease incidence averaging 10%.
- Symptoms of root rot include yellowing and wilting bottom leaves, brown roots, leading to dark brown necrosis as the disease progresses.
- Research involved isolating a fungal pathogen from infected plants, which revealed morphological and molecular characteristics consistent with the fungus S. terrestris, a known cause of root rot in tobacco.
Tobacco is one of the most significant non-food cash crops (Lu et al. 2020). In March 2022, cigar tobacco plants showing characteristic symptoms of vascular discoloration, stem rotting, leaf wilting and rotting were observed in Tengchong city (N 25°3'26″, E 98°25'6″) of Yunnan province, China (Fig.
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