First report of gray mould caused by Botrytis cinerea on bleeding-hart (Clerodendron splendens) in Brazil

D. M. Macedo; R. W. Barreto

doi:10.1071/DN09043

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First report of gray mould caused by Botrytis cinerea on bleeding-hart (Clerodendron splendens) in Brazil

D. M. Macedo ^A and R. W. Barreto ^A ^B

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^A Departamento de Fitopatologia, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, 36570-000, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brasil.

^B Corresponding author. Email: rbarreto@ufv.br

Australasian Plant Disease Notes 4(1) 102-104 https://doi.org/10.1071/DN09043
Submitted: 31 August 2009 Accepted: 10 September 2009 Published: 28 September 2009

Abstract

Botrytis cinerea is recorded for the first time causing gray mold on Clerodendron splendens in Brazil; flower blight and leaf spots were observed as a result of attack by the pathogen.

Additional keywords: Botryotinia fuckeliana, flower blight, leaf spot, ornamental plant.

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