First report of stem rot of Helichrysum bracteatum by Sclerotinia sclerotiorum in Brazil

L. L. Duarte; R. W. Barreto

doi:10.1071/DN09042

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First report of stem rot of Helichrysum bracteatum by Sclerotinia sclerotiorum in Brazil

L. L. Duarte ^A and R. W. Barreto ^A ^B

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^A Departamento de Fitopatologia, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, 36570-000 Viçosa, M.G., Brazil.

^B Corresponding author. Email: rbarreto@ufv.br

Australasian Plant Disease Notes 4(1) 100-101 https://doi.org/10.1071/DN09042
Submitted: 23 August 2009 Accepted: 2 September 2009 Published: 28 September 2009

Abstract

Sclerotinia sclerotiorum is recorded causing stem rot of Helichrysum bracteatum for the first time in Brazil.

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