First report of Alternaria bunch rot of grapevines in Slovakia

Ľ. Kakalíková; E. Jankura; A. Šrobárová

doi:10.1071/DN09029

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First report of Alternaria bunch rot of grapevines in Slovakia

Ľ. Kakalíková ^A , E. Jankura ^B ^D and A. Šrobárová ^C

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^A The Modra Vintners’ Company, Dolná 120, Modra, Slovakia.

^B PPRC – Research Institute for Viticulture and Enology, Matúškova 25, Bratislava, Slovakia.

^C Institute of Botany, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Dúbravská 14, Bratislava, Slovakia.

^D Corresponding author. Email: jankura@vurv.sk

Australasian Plant Disease Notes 4(1) 68-69 https://doi.org/10.1071/DN09029
Submitted: 9 March 2009 Accepted: 13 June 2009 Published: 29 June 2009

Abstract

Outbreaks of Alternaria bunch rot on grapevines in Slovakia occurred during unusually hot summer weather in 2007 and 2008. This is the first report of this disease in Slovakia. The symptoms of the disease, and the morphological features of the pathogen, Alternaria alternata, are described and illustrated.

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