First report of Colletotrichum phormii the cause of anthracnose on Phormium tenax in Australia
H. Golzar A B and C. Wang A
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A Department of Agriculture and Food Western Australia, Bentley Delivery Centre, WA 6983, Australia.
B Corresponding author. Email: hgolzar@agric.wa.gov.au
Australasian Plant Disease Notes 5(1) 110-112 https://doi.org/10.1071/DN10040
Submitted: 12 July 2010 Accepted: 22 September 2010 Published: 4 October 2010
Abstract
In February 2010, anthracnose symptoms were observed on Phormium tenax in Perth, WA, Australia. Based on disease symptoms, the morphological characteristics of the isolated fungus, pathogenicity tests and sequencing of the internal transcribed spacer region of the rDNA, Colletotrichum phormii was identified. This is the first report of C. phormii causing anthracnose on Phormium tenax in Australia.
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