Rust disease on sweet aromatic shrub Aloysia virgata in Brazil, caused by Prospodium paraguayense
A. L. Firmino A , D. B. Pinho A and O. L. Pereira A BA Departamento de Fitopatologia, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, 36570-000, Viçosa, MG, Brazil.
B Corresponding author. Email: oliparini@ufv.br
Australasian Plant Disease Notes 5(1) 37-38 https://doi.org/10.1071/DN10014
Submitted: 20 March 2010 Accepted: 8 April 2010 Published: 5 May 2010
Abstract
A rust disease caused by Prospodium paraguayense was observed on leaves of the sweet aromatic shrub Aloysia virgata collected in a fragment of Atlantic forest in the municipality of Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil. This is the first record of Prospodium paraguayense on Aloysia virgata in Brazil.
Acknowledgements
The authors wish to thank the Departamento de Engenharia Florestal of the Universidade Federal de Viçosa for providing support on plant identification, particularly to Mr. Sebastião Lopes de Faria Sobrinho. This work is part of an ongoing program of surveying and describing the foliicolous and phytopathogenic mycodiversity of fragments of Brazilian Atlantic forest.
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