Effects of the relationship between area under disease progress curve of angular leaf spot and yield of seed cotton in northeastern Nigeria

Bacterial blight induced by Xanthomonas campestris pv. malvacearum causes substantial yield losses of cotton in Nigeria annually. A field study was carried out for two seasons to investigate the reaction of a selection of 10 different cotton genotypes to bacterial blight and to examine the relationship between the area under disease progress curve (AUDPC) and the yield of seed cotton in the northeastern cotton region of Nigeria. All 10 genotypes reacted positively to the disease with SAMCOT-13 having the highest incidence particularly at Dowaya and Kem locations during the two seasons. This investigation also revealed that SAMCOT-13 and Ex-Benin had the highest AUDPC while TX-CDP37HH-1-83, TAMCOT CAMD-E and TAMCOT SP-21S had the lowest AUDPC indicating relative susceptibility and resistance, respectively. However, it was observed that TX-CDP37HH-1-83, SAMCOT-11 and Ex-Benin had the highest mean yields of 1441.5 kg/ha and 1494.7 kg/ha at Dowaya, Kem and Ngurore, respectively. The results also show a highly...