First report of Oidium baccharidis on Baccharis trimera in Brazil

D. D. Rosa; M. A. Andrião; E. L. Furtado

doi:10.1071/DN10026

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First report of Oidium baccharidis on Baccharis trimera in Brazil

D. D. Rosa ^A ^B , M. A. Andrião ^A and E. L. Furtado ^A

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^A São Paulo State University – UNESP, College of Agronomic Science – FCA, Department of Plant Production – Plant-Health Protection Sector, PO Box 237, 18610-307 Botucatu – SP, Brazil.

^B Corresponding author. Email: ddrosa@gmail.com

Australasian Plant Disease Notes 5(1) 73-74 https://doi.org/10.1071/DN10026
Submitted: 20 July 2009 Accepted: 17 June 2010 Published: 12 July 2010

Abstract

Powdery mildew disease was observed on Baccharis trimera in Brazil in January, 2009. Based on the morphological characters, the pathogen was identified as an Oidium baccharidis. This is the first report of this fungus causing powdery mildew on Baccharis in Brazil.

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