First record of Sclerotium rolfsii on Chlorophytum comosum in Argentina
S. A. Gutiérrez A B and M. A. Cúndom A
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A Cátedra de Fitopatología, Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias, UNNE, Sargento Cabral 2131, (3400) Corrientes, Argentina.
B Corresponding author. Email: suarroz@yahoo.com.ar
Australasian Plant Disease Notes 1(1) 11-12 https://doi.org/10.1071/DN06006
Accepted: 27 July 2006 Published: 24 August 2006
Abstract
Sclerotium rolfsii was recorded for the first time causing leaf and stem necrosis at the soil level on Chlorophytum comosum in Argentina.
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