Root and stem rot caused by Pythium aphanidermatum on poinsettia in a soil-less culture system in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina

H. E. Palmucci; P. E. Grijalba

doi:10.1071/DN07055

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Root and stem rot caused by Pythium aphanidermatum on poinsettia in a soil-less culture system in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina

H. E. Palmucci ^A ^B and P. E. Grijalba ^A

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

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

Australasian Plant Disease Notes 2(1) 139-140 https://doi.org/10.1071/DN07055
Submitted: 1 May 2007 Accepted: 6 September 2007 Published: 19 September 2007

Abstract

Root and stem rot of rooted cuttings of young poinsettia plants were observed in a soil-less culture system in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. Pythium aphanidermatum was identified as the causal agent of these symptoms. This is the first report of P. aphanidermatum affecting poinsettia in Argentina.

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