First report of Pseudocercospora muntingiae on Muntingia calabura in Brazil

D. F. Parreira; P. A. Ferreira; H. S. S. Duarte; A. S. Capucho; L. Zambolim

doi:10.1071/DN09046

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First report of Pseudocercospora muntingiae on Muntingia calabura in Brazil

D. F. Parreira ^A ^B , P. A. Ferreira ^A , H. S. S. Duarte ^A , A. S. Capucho ^A and L. Zambolim ^A

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^A Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Av. P.H. Rolfs, s/n°, Departamento de Fitopatologia, Campus Universitário, CEP 36570-000 Viçosa, MG, Brazil.

^B Corresponding author. Email: douglas.parreira@ufv.br

Australasian Plant Disease Notes 4(1) 110-113 https://doi.org/10.1071/DN09046
Submitted: 6 October 2009 Accepted: 19 October 2009 Published: 4 November 2009

Abstract

Pseudocercospora muntingiae is recorded as the cause of leaf spots on Muntingia calabura (Tiliaceae), for the first time from Brazil and also in South America.

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