Natural infection of Acalypha hispida and Jatropha podagrica inflorescences by Amphobotrys ricini in Brazil

B. V. Lima; D. J. Soares; O. L. Pereira; R. W. Barreto

doi:10.1071/DN08003

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Natural infection of Acalypha hispida and Jatropha podagrica inflorescences by Amphobotrys ricini in Brazil

B. V. Lima ^A , D. J. Soares ^A ^B , O. L. Pereira ^A and R. W. Barreto ^A

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^A Departamento de Fitopatologia, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, MG 36570-000, Brazil.

^B Corresponding author. Email: dartjs@yahoo.com.br

Australasian Plant Disease Notes 3(1) 5-7 https://doi.org/10.1071/DN08003
Submitted: 28 November 2007 Accepted: 15 January 2008 Published: 30 January 2008

Abstract

Amphobotrys ricini is recorded for the first time causing natural blight on inflorescences of the ornamental euphorbiaceous hosts Acalypha hispida and Jatropha podagrica in Brazil.

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