Management of Cumin Blight disease in Assiut Governorate, Egypt

ISBN-13: 9786202667715 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 116 str.

Nashwa M a Sallam;Abdelrzik Abdelrazik;M Hasan Ali Allam

Opis

Cumin (Cuminum cyminum L.) is one of the oldest field crops grown in upper Egypt. It has an aromatic adore, a spicy, somewhat bitter, taste and is widely used as condiment. It is also used in the industry of medicine, cheese, perfumes and carry. Most of seed production of Assiut Govemorate is for exportation. In recent years cumin crop is subjected to attack with blight disease. Such disease is destructive and caused a great reduction in seed yield and quality. Alternaria alternata and Alt. burnsii and Chaetomium sulphreum are reported to be the casual pathogens of the disease.

O autorze

Sallam, Nashwa M. A.
Prof. Nashwa M Ateaf Sallam is currently working as Professor at the University of Assiut, Egypt. She received her PhD 2005 from the University of Assiut, Egypt and JKI institute Darmstadt, Germany. Dr Nashwa M. Sallam completed her Masters 1998 from the University of Assiut.