First report of Miscanthus × giganteus rhizome rot caused by Fusarium avenaceum, Fusarium oxysporum and Mucor hiemalis

G. Beccari; L. Covarelli; V. Balmas; L. Tosi

doi:10.1071/DN10011

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First report of Miscanthus × giganteus rhizome rot caused by Fusarium avenaceum, Fusarium oxysporum and Mucor hiemalis

G. Beccari ^A , L. Covarelli ^A ^C , V. Balmas ^B and L. Tosi ^A

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^A Università degli Studi di Perugia, Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie e Ambientali, Borgo XX Giugno, 74 - 06121 Perugia, Italy.

^B Università degli Studi di Sassari, Dipartimento di Protezione delle Piante, Via E. De Nicola, 9 - 07100 Sassari, Italy.

^C Corresponding author. Email: lorenzo.covarelli@unipg.it

Australasian Plant Disease Notes 5(1) 28-29 https://doi.org/10.1071/DN10011
Submitted: 22 January 2010 Accepted: 4 March 2010 Published: 24 March 2010

Abstract

In 2007, after the failure of establishment of a miscanthus experimental field, rhizome rot was observed and several fungi were isolated from diseased tissue, namely Fusarium avenaceum, F. oxysporum and Mucor hiemalis. All three fungi proved to be causal agents of the disease. This is the first report of a miscanthus rhizome rot caused by F. avenaceum, F. oxysporum and M. hiemalis.

Acknowledgements

This work was supported by the European Union and the Italian Ministry of Agriculture (CO.AL.TA.2 Project).

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