A research team from Faculty of Agriculture / University of Kerbala is able to diagnose causes of root rot disease of the ornamental plant, “Cockscomb,” which causes significant economic losses in many ornamental plant nurseries in Karbala and Babil governorates.
The study, which is co-prepared by Dr. Adnan Abdel-Jalil u, Dr. Raja Ghazi, Asst. Lect. Safa Jamil Sheikhan, and Dr. Zuhair Muhammad Ali Jadou from Al-Zahraa University for Women, conclude that the cause of this disease is fungus Fusarium solani, which is diagnosed based on its phenotypic and molecular characteristics represented by using sequence of nitrogenous bases of Genetic markers.
The results of the study are published in American journal Plant Health Progress, entitled First Report of Cockscomb Root Rot Caused by Fusarium solani in Iraq.
This journal, published by American Plant Pathology Society, is ranked in (Q1) and has an impact factor of 2.3 in Scopus classification and an impact factor of 0.48 in Clarivate classification.
