Basal rot of arum lily (Zantedeschia aethiopica) caused by Sclerotium rolfsii in Brazil

E. R. Mesquita; O. L. Pereira; J. A. S. Grossi

doi:10.1071/DN07037

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Basal rot of arum lily (Zantedeschia aethiopica) caused by Sclerotium rolfsii in Brazil

E. R. Mesquita ^A , O. L. Pereira ^B ^C and J. A. S. Grossi ^A

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^A Departamento de Fitotecnia, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, M.G. 36570-000, Brazil.

^B Departamento de Fitopatologia, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, M.G. 36570-000, Brazil.

^C Corresponding author. Email: oliparini@ufv.br

Australasian Plant Disease Notes 2(1) 91-92 https://doi.org/10.1071/DN07037
Submitted: 16 April 2007 Accepted: 31 May 2007 Published: 14 June 2007

Abstract

Basal rot caused by Sclerotium rolfsii is reported for the first time on Zantedeschia aethiopica in Brazil.

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