First record of Periconiella lygodii occurring on Lygodium japonicum in the Philippines

M. Mahamuda Begum; R. G. Shivas; C. J. R. Cumagun

doi:10.1071/DN09007

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First record of Periconiella lygodii occurring on Lygodium japonicum in the Philippines

M. Mahamuda Begum ^A , R. G. Shivas ^B and C. J. R. Cumagun ^A ^C

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^A Crop Protection Cluster, College of Agriculture, University of the Philippines Los Baños, College, Laguna 4031, Philippines.

^B Plant Pathology Herbarium, Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries, 80 Meiers Road, Indooroopilly, Qld 4068, Australia.

^C Corresponding author. Email: christian_cumagun@yahoo.com

Australasian Plant Disease Notes 4(1) 17-18 https://doi.org/10.1071/DN09007
Submitted: 4 February 2009 Accepted: 12 February 2009 Published: 2 March 2009

Abstract

This is the first report of Periconiella lygodii, which causes leaf spot on the fern Lygodium japonicum, from the Philippines. It was found at several sites near Los Baños, Laguna Province in 2008.

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