First report of the pitch canker fungus Fusarium circinatum affecting Pinus taeda seedlings in Uruguay

R. Alonso; L. Bettucci

doi:10.1071/DN09039

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First report of the pitch canker fungus Fusarium circinatum affecting Pinus taeda seedlings in Uruguay

R. Alonso ^A ^B and L. Bettucci ^A

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^A Laboratorio de Micología Facultad de Ciencias-Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad de la República Montevideo, Uruguay.

^B Corresponding author. Email: raquela@fing.edu.uy

Australasian Plant Disease Notes 4(1) 91-92 https://doi.org/10.1071/DN09039
Submitted: 20 August 2009 Accepted: 26 August 2009 Published: 9 September 2009

Abstract

In recent years Pinus spp. plantations have become an important resource that is continuously increasing in Uruguay as well as in other countries. Fungal diseases in nurseries are common, and among them, Fusarium circinatum (the pitch canker fungus) was found associated with Pinus taeda seedling, representing the first record of this pathogen in Uruguay.

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