Rust disease of Plumeria alba L. caused by Coleosporium plumerie is a new host record to Maharashtra, India

摘要

Plumeria alba (white frangipani) is a deciduous showy flowering shrub, belongs to the family Apocynaceae. It is used for worship in temples of India, floriculture and nursery industries (Zahid et al., 2010). The flowers also are used for medicinal purposes (Gunasingh and Nagarajan, 1980).An incidence of rust disease on Plumeria alba was first observed by Patouillard at Guadaloupe Island, West Indies in 1902 (Dizon et al. 1996) and later in Taiwan (Chung et al., 2006), which thereafter spread to Central America. Kakishima et al. (1995) have documented the same fungal pathogen from Japan on different species of Plumeria namely P. acutifolia Poir., P. alba Linn., P. emarginata Griseb., P. krugii Urban, P. lutea Ruiz and Pav. and P. rubra L. etc. Gonzalez-Ball and Ono (1998) have furthermore reported uredinial stage of this species from Marshall Islands and Pohnpei (Japan) on the Plumeria species. To-anun et al. (2004) have reported rust disease of Plumeria caused by C. plumerie from Thailand. Weeraratne and Adikaram (2006) studied the biology of leaf rusts on P. rubra and P. obtusa L. infected with C. plumerie. In India, rust of Plumeria alba caused by C. plumerie was recorded by Baiswar ef al. (2008). Kavale and Patil (2009) reported rust of P. acutifolia from Maharashtra state of India.