First record of Phytophthora fallax in Australia
James H. Cunnington A C , Ian W. Smith B , Srikanthi de Alwis A , Rodney H. Jones A and Gisele Irvine AA Department of Primary Industries, Knoxfield Centre, Private Bag 15, Ferntree Gully Delivery Centre, Victoria 3156, Australia.
B Department of Forest and Ecosystem Science, University of Melbourne, 500 Yarra Boulevard, Richmond, Victoria 3121, Australia.
C Corresponding author. Email: james.cunnington@dpi.vic.gov.au
Australasian Plant Disease Notes 5(1) 96-97 https://doi.org/10.1071/DN10034
Submitted: 21 December 2009 Accepted: 18 August 2010 Published: 30 August 2010
Abstract
The eucalypt pathogen, Phytophthora fallax, is reported for the first time in Australia. In June 2006 P. fallax was isolated from soil in Kinglake State Park, Victoria. Attempts to reisolate the pathogen from soil and eucalypts in the area were unsuccessful. The pathogen was isolated again in May 2007 from soil collected in the Mornington Shire, Victoria. In October 2007 P. fallax was baited from a rainwater gauge in Powelltown, Victoria. None of the findings were associated with eucalypt disease.
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