Two new hosts, Epidendrum secundum and Epidendrum xanthinum, for the orchid rust Sphenospora kevorkianii (Raveneliaceae) in Brazil

O. L. Pereira; M. Silva

doi:10.1071/DN09026

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Two new hosts, Epidendrum secundum and Epidendrum xanthinum, for the orchid rust Sphenospora kevorkianii (Raveneliaceae) in Brazil

O. L. Pereira ^A ^B and M. Silva ^A

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^A Departamento de Fitopatologia, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, 36570-000 Viçosa, M.G., Brazil.

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

Australasian Plant Disease Notes 4(1) 62-63 https://doi.org/10.1071/DN09026
Submitted: 21 May 2009 Accepted: 25 May 2009 Published: 10 June 2009

Abstract

The rust Sphenospora kevorkianii, is reported on two new orchid hosts, Epidendrum secundum and Epidendrum xanthinum, in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil.

Acknowledgements

We are grateful to Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de Minas Gerais-FAPEMIG for providing financial support (project 279/07) and O. L. Pereira acknowledges the Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico-CNPq research fellowship of this ongoing program to survey and describe the phytopathogenic and the endophytic mycodiversity associated with the family Orchidaceae in the state of Minas Gerais.

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