Plant Fungus Chondrostereum purpureum: Also infects humans
1 Department of Agriculture, Raja Mahindra Pratap Post Graduate College, Gurukul Narsan, Roorkee, Uttrakhand, India.
2 Department of Microbiology, Kalinga Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.
3 Department of Microbiology, Shridev Suman Subharti Medical College, Ras Bihari Bose Subharti University, Dehradun, India.
Review Article
World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews, 2023, 18(01), 1182–1185
Article DOI: 10.30574/wjarr.2023.18.1.0676
Publication history:
Received on 06 March 2023; revised on 25 April 2023; accepted on 28 April 2023
Abstract:
Chondrostereum purpureum, is a plant fungus causing silver leaf disorder of plant life, especially of the rose family. It attacks in the main species of the rose family. Hosts with compromised immune system are maximum liable to fungal infection but healthy and immune competent individuals also are frequently pronounced to have fungal infections. In this situation the infections can be related to exposure to a huge inoculum.
Keywords:
Chondrostereum purpureum; Plant pathogen; Paratracheal abscess; Silver leaf
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