First record of powdery mildew on the Cephalotaceae
J. H. Cunnington A B , Rodney H. Jones A and Sri Kanthi de Alwis AA Biosciences Research Division, Department of Primary Industries, Knoxfield, Private Bag 15, Ferntree Gully Delivery Centre, Vic. 3156, Australia.
B Corresponding author. Email: james.cunnington@dpi.vic.gov.au
Australasian Plant Disease Notes 3(1) 51-52 https://doi.org/10.1071/DN08021
Submitted: 21 January 2008 Accepted: 8 April 2008 Published: 17 April 2008
Abstract
Powdery mildew is reported for the first time on the Albany pitcher plant (Cephalotus follicularis). The plants originated from a nursery in Melbourne. The fungus was identified as Podosphaera xanthii using morphological characters and a rDNA ITS sequence. This is the first record of powdery mildew on the Cephalotaceae.
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