Isolation of white rot, Sclerotinia sclerotiorum, causing leaf necrosis on Tradescantia fluminensis in New Zealand
N. W. WaiparaLandcare Research, 231 Morrin Road, University of Auckland, Tamaki Campus, Private Bag 92170, Auckland, New Zealand. Email: waiparan@landcareresearch.co.nz
Australasian Plant Disease Notes 1(1) 27-28 https://doi.org/10.1071/DN06012
Accepted: 27 September 2006 Published: 6 October 2006
Abstract
Sclerotinia sclerotiorum is reported from diseased plants of Tradescantia fluminensis. The fungus was isolated from necrotic leaf lesions on observed plants that were infesting parkland near Auckland, New Zealand. Subsequent reinoculation of S. sclerotiorum onto leaf and stem tissue satisfied Koch’s postulates that T. fluminensis is a host of this isolate.
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