First report of Pseudomonas viridiflava in basil seedlings and plants in soilless crop in Italy

A. Minuto; G. Minuto; P. Martini; M. Odasso; E. Biondi; S. Mucini; M. Scortichini

doi:10.1071/DN08064

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First report of Pseudomonas viridiflava in basil seedlings and plants in soilless crop in Italy

A. Minuto ^A ^E , G. Minuto ^A , P. Martini ^B , M. Odasso ^B , E. Biondi ^C , S. Mucini ^C and M. Scortichini ^D

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^A Ce.R.S.A.A., Albenga (SV), Regione Rollo, 98 Albenga, SV I-17031, Italy.

^B I.R.F., Sanremo (IM), Via Carducci, 12 Sanremo, IM I-18038, Italy.

^C Facoltà di Agraria (DiSTA), Università di Bologna, Viale G. Fanin 40, Bologna I-40127, Italy.

^D C.R.A., Centro di Ricerca per la Frutticoltura, Via di Fioranello 52, Rome I-00134, Italy.

^E Corresponding author. Email: minuto.andrea@tiscali.it

Australasian Plant Disease Notes 3(1) 165-165 https://doi.org/10.1071/DN08064
Submitted: 5 November 2008 Accepted: 11 November 2008 Published: 27 November 2008

Abstract

Pseudomonas viridiflava is identified for the first time as a pathogen of soilless sweet basil seedlings in Italy.

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