Indonesia is an agricultural country with more than 30 million farmers nationwide most of it with poor disease management. An identification of a pathogen is the first step to establish efficient management strategies for disease control. In this study, we survey the diversity of oomycetes in...

Plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) viz. Pseudomonas fluorescens, Bacillus megaterium, B. subtilis, and B. cereus and their metabolic products may play a pivotal role in controlling root rot and wilt diseases in faba bean plants caused by Rhizoctonia solani, Fusarium solani, F....

Spodoptera frugiperda is a novel invasive pest of maize crops. Therefore, studies on this pest are limited. Research on the use of artificial diets in S. frugiperda larvae rearing is essential to facilitate the provision of test larva stocks for lab-scale study purposes. The aim of this...

This research aimed to determine the potency of two Trichoderma harzianum isolates in solid and liquid organic formulas to control bacterial wilt and on growth and yield of tomato in the field. This research was carried out at the Laboratory of Plant Protection and the tomato field at...

Rust leaf disease is the main disease on chrysanthemum (Dendranthema grandiflora) plantations in the district of Sleman, Yogyakarta Special Region. In 2006, the symptoms of leaf rust were initially found in chrysanthemum farms in village of Hargobinangun and surrounding areas. Since...

Tungro disease severity and agronomic characteristics of tungro-resistant lines. Tungro is one of the diseases problem in rice production. The simplest approach to solve the problem is to use the resistance tungro variety, which is made of tungro resistance lines. At present, the character of...

Piper yellow mottle virus (PYMoV) is the dominant virus that causes mottle disease in black pepper (Piper nigrum). Two species of mealybugs, Ferrisia virgata and Planococcus minor have been reported as vectors of PYMoV. A different species of...

Rhizoctonia solani and Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae (Xoo) are important pathogens causing severe damage on rice. It makes severe damage and is required for the management of the disease. One of the management of the disease is the use of endophytic bacteria. The...

Bacterial wilt disease caused by Ralstonia syzygii subsp. indonesiensis is an important disease in potatoes. This disease is a soil-borne pathogen that is difficult to control and becomes an obstacle in potato production. This study aimed to determine the distribution of...

Efforts to increase rice production and productivity nationally are still being disturbed by plant pest organisms. One of the diseases that have received serious attention is the tungro disease, which has the ability to attack rice plants in endemic areas. The purpose of this study was to...