First report of Fusarium moniliforme var. anthophylum affecting Dieffenbachia picta var. tropic in Buenos Aires, Argentina

H. E. Palmucci; D. Barreto

doi:10.1071/DN07007

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First report of Fusarium moniliforme var. anthophylum affecting Dieffenbachia picta var. tropic in Buenos Aires, Argentina

H. E. Palmucci ^A ^C and D. Barreto ^B

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^A Facultad de Agronomía, Universidad Nacional de Buenos Aires, Avenida San Martín 4453, (1416) Buenos Aires, Argentina.

^B IMyZA, INTA, De los Reseros y las Cabañas, (1712) Castelar, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

^C Corresponding author. Email: palmucci@agro.uba.ar

Australasian Plant Disease Notes 2(1) 17-18 https://doi.org/10.1071/DN07007
Submitted: 5 March 2006 Accepted: 15 January 2007 Published: 1 February 2007

Abstract

This is the first report of Fusarium moniliforme var. anthophyllum affecting foliage plants of Dieffenbacchia in Argentina. It appears to be the first report of the isolation and description of the causal agent of this disease on this host in the world.

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