First report of Oidium heliotropii-indici on Heliotropium indicum from Brazil

D. J. Soares

doi:10.1071/DN10031

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First report of Oidium heliotropii-indici on Heliotropium indicum from Brazil

D. J. Soares

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Embrapa Algodão, Rua Oswaldo Cruz, 1143 Centenário, 58428-095 Campina Grande, PB, Brazil. Email: dartjs@yahoo.com.br

Australasian Plant Disease Notes 5(1) 87-89 https://doi.org/10.1071/DN10031
Submitted: 14 June 2010 Accepted: 21 July 2010 Published: 19 August 2010

Abstract

A powdery mildew fungus belonging to the genus Oidium subgen. Fibroidium was found on Heliotropium indicum in north-east Brazil. This fungus was identified as Oidium heliotropii-indici and is described for the first time on this host from Brazil.

Acknowledgements

The author thanks the Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq) for financial support.

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