First report of Sclerotium rolfsii on Calophyllum brasiliensis in Brazil

C. T. Ohto; D. D. Rosa; M. A. Basseto; N. L. de Souza; E. L. Furtado

doi:10.1071/DN07043

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First report of Sclerotium rolfsii on Calophyllum brasiliensis in Brazil

C. T. Ohto ^A , D. D. Rosa ^A ^B , M. A. Basseto ^A , N. L. de Souza ^A and E. L. Furtado ^A

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^A São Paulo State University, UNESP, College of Agronomic Science, FCA, Department of Plant Production, Plant Health Protection Sector, PO Box BCG, Botucatu, SP AHFA0-C0G, Brazil.

^B Corresponding author. Email: ddrosa@fca.unesp.br

Australasian Plant Disease Notes 2(1) 105-106 https://doi.org/10.1071/DN07043
Submitted: 7 June 2007 Accepted: 25 June 2007 Published: 3 July 2007

Abstract

Damping-off, root rot, brownish spots and necrotic lesions were observed in Guanandi (Calophyllum brasiliensis) seedlings in São Paulo State, Brazil. Sclerotium rolfsii was identified as the causal agent. This is the first record of S. rolfsii on C. brasiliensis in Brazil.

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