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Isolation and Pathogenicity Test of Fungal Isolate against Black Spot
Disease in Rose
Nur Elia Nadhira Binti Mohd Asmadi
Supervisor: Dr. Nurul Faziha bt Ibrahim
Bachelor of Science Agrotechnology (Crop Science)
School of Food Science and Technology
Black spot disease is a significant worldwide disease on rose plant. Due to this
infection, the leaves become yellow and eventually fall off. Occurrence of this disease
has become a major problems especially in landscape purpose. Therefore, this
research is conducted to isolate fungal pathogens associated with black spot
symptoms, to identify and to conduct pathogenicity test on the fungal isolates. For this
purpose, black spot symptoms on rose’s leaves will be collected and isolation process
will be further conducted to obtain the pure culture. Fungal isolates obtained in this
study will be used for morphological identification and pathogenicity test. Pathogenicity
test will be conducted on healthy leaves’ rose to confirm the Koch’s postulate.
Identification of correct fungal species are very important to ensure the right control
measure in reducing occurrence of black spot disease.
1112 | UMT UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH DAY 2018