SOOTY BLOTCH: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW OF FUNGAL INFECTION

Sooty blotch is a fungal infection affecting plants and common in the wet season. This plant disease is caused by fungus, Peltaster fructicola, Geastrumia polystigmatis, and Leptodontium elatius. However, this disease is superficial and rarely affects the quality of the affected fruit. Ensuring proper air movement, sunlight, proper drainage, and avoiding severe wet conditions can control the disease. This bibliometric analysis had been conducted to understand the active authors, organizations, journals, and countries involved in the research domain of “Sooty blotch”. All published articles related to “Sooty blotch” from “Scopus”, were analyzed using the VOS viewer to develop analysis tables and visualization maps. This article had set the objective to consolidate the literature regarding Sooty blotch and also to find out the trends related to the same. Plant disease is the most active journal in this research domain, Persoonia is the journal with the highest average citation per publication. The most active and productive country is the USA with the highest number of publications and citations and co-authorship linkages. South Africa is the country with the highest average citations per publication. The most active research organization is the Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Iowa State University with the highest number of publications, citation, and co-authorship links. Dept. Microbiology and Plant Pathology., University Of Pretoria is the most productive organization in this research domain with the highest average citations per publication. The most active author is Gleason M.L, and the most productive author is Tiffany L.H with the highest average citation per publication.