Alternaria leaf spot, caused by Alternaria thunbergiae, recorded for the first time on Thunbergia alata from Brazil

M. P. Melo; D. J. Soares; J. S. P. Araújo; G. O. Tostes

doi:10.1071/DN09010

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Alternaria leaf spot, caused by Alternaria thunbergiae, recorded for the first time on Thunbergia alata from Brazil

M. P. Melo ^A , D. J. Soares ^B ^C , J. S. P. Araújo ^A and G. O. Tostes ^A

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^A Departamento de Fitotecnia, Instituto de Agronomia, Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, 23890-000, Seropédica, RJ, Brazil.

^B Embrapa Algodão, Rua Osvaldo Cruz, 1143, Centenário, 58428-095, Campina Grande, PB, Brazil.

^C Corresponding author. Email: dartjs@yahoo.com.br

Australasian Plant Disease Notes 4(1) 23-25 https://doi.org/10.1071/DN09010
Submitted: 18 February 2009 Accepted: 6 March 2009 Published: 23 March 2009

Abstract

Alternaria thunbergiae is recorded as the cause of leaf spots on Thunbergia alata (Acanthaceae), for the first time from Brazil.

Acknowledgements

The first author thanks the Fundação Carlos Chagas Filho de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (FAPERJ) for a scholarship. The second author thanks the Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq) for financial support.

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