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ISOLATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF BACTERIAL PATHOGEN PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA CAUSING BROWN SOFT ROT DISEASE IN ONION FROM ALWAR DISTRICT OF RAJASTHAN, INDIA
Laxmi Meena*, Laxmikant Sharma and Ashwani Kumar Verma
ABSTRACT
Onions are an important daily vegetable also suffers from various microbial and nematode diseases. Alwar red onions are in huge demand in domestic and international markets. In the present study onion samples suffers from brown soft rot disease were collected and tested for the presence of disease causing bacterial pathogen. A total of 19 onion samples out of 206 collected samples showing 0-22.22% disease incidence in seven blocks of Alwar district were isolated. These isolated bacterial colonies were subjected to morphological, cultural and biochemical tests for characterization and identification. On the basis of various experimental tests performed the isolated bacterial colonies were identified as Pseudomonas aeruginosa. The study revealed significant incidence of bacterial pathogen in seven blocks of Alwar district of Rajasthan, India which can be effectively managed by evaluating economical and eco-friendly measures in further studies.
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