First report of plantain zonate leaf spot caused by Pestalotiopsis menezesiana in China
S. L. Huang A D , B. Yan B , J. G. Wei C , W. H. Yan A , Z. L. Cen A and T. Yang BA Plant Protection Institute, Guangxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanning 530007, Guangxi, China.
B College of Agriculture, Yangtze University, Jingzhou 434025, Hubei, China.
C College of Agriculture, Guangxi University, Nanning 530005, China.
D Corresponding author. Email: silianghuang@126.com
Australasian Plant Disease Notes 2(1) 61-62 https://doi.org/10.1071/DN07025
Submitted: 21 February 2007 Accepted: 29 March 2007 Published: 11 April 2007
Abstract
Plantain zonate leaf spot, caused by Pestalotiopsis menezesiana, was found for the first time in China on a plantation at Jinling town of Nanning city, Guangxi province in 2005. The fungus was isolated and pathogenicity confirmed. The fungus was sensitive to prochloraz, iprodione, thiabendazole and triazole fungicides in vitro. Pathogenicity tests showed that the pathogen could infect banana cultivars (Musa AAA) as well as plantain (Musa AAB) under artificial inoculation conditions. However, the disease could only be found on the leaves of plantain in the fields. This is the first record of Pestalotiopsis menezesiana on plantain in China.
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