First Comprehensive Report on the Occurrence of Various Fungal Diseases in Seabuckthorn from Uttarakhand, India

Abstract

Seabuckthorn is a general term given to the deciduous shrub tree Hippophae Linn.
It is one of the most magical plant resources with higher value of economy and ecology. It is
also known as “wonder plant” due to its multifarious benefits. Therefore, seabuckthorn
should serve as a measure to safeguard medicinal and nutritional plants, to conserve
biodiversity and environment and to generate sustainable income source for local people.
Diseases and insects are the major factors affecting the success of seabuckthorn cultivation.
Control measures depend on proper identification of diseases and their causal agents. Proper
disease diagnosis is therefore vital as without proper identification of the disease and the
disease causing agent, disease control measures are waste of time and money and can lead to
further plant losses. Despite although there are a few reports available regarding the
pathological aspect of Hippophae spp. in India, but there is no systematic study on
distribution and severity of diseases occurring on Hippophae salicifolia D. Don in
Uttarakhand. Hence, a systematic study was undertaken on the occurrence of diseases on
Seabuckthorn plant which are responsible for negatively affecting the yield and quality of a
magical plant of Indian Himalayan Region.