New root diseases of canola in Australia

M. Li; G. M. Murray; G. J. Ash

doi:10.1071/DN07038

RESEARCH ARTICLE

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New root diseases of canola in Australia

M. Li ^A ^B , G. M. Murray ^A and G. J. Ash ^A ^C

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^A EH Graham Centre for Agricultural Innovation (a joint venture between Charles Sturt University & NSW Department of Primary Industries), PO Box 588, Wagga Wagga, NSW 2678, Australia.

^B Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou, Gansu 730070, China.

^C Corresponding author. Email: gash@csu.edu.au

Australasian Plant Disease Notes 2(1) 93-94 https://doi.org/10.1071/DN07038
Submitted: 11 April 2007 Accepted: 29 May 2007 Published: 14 June 2007

Abstract

Macrophomina phaseolina, Fusarium acuminatum and F. semitectum are recorded as pathogens of canola in Australia for the first time. These fungi attack the roots of seedling and adult canola in south-eastern Australia.

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