First report of stem canker affecting Amaranthus caudatus in Argentina

M. C. I. Noelting; M. C. Sandoval

doi:10.1071/DN07003

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First report of stem canker affecting Amaranthus caudatus in Argentina

M. C. I. Noelting ^A ^C and M. C. Sandoval ^B

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^A Instituto Fitotécnico de Santa Catalina. Facultad de Cs. Agrs y Ftales (UNLP) Garibaldi 3400 CC N° 4 Llavallol CP (1836) pcia de Bs. As, Argentina.

^B Facultad de Cs Agrs (UNLZ) Ruta 4 Km 2 Llavallol CP (1836) pcia de Bs. As, Argentina.

^C Corresponding author. Email: mcnoelting@hotmail.com

Australasian Plant Disease Notes 2(1) 5-5 https://doi.org/10.1071/DN07003
Submitted: 10 April 2006 Accepted: 11 December 2006 Published: 1 February 2007

Abstract

Pythium aphanidermatum was recorded as the causal agent of stem canker in a mature plant of Amaranthus caudatus for the first time in Argentina.

References

Frezzi MJ (1956) Especies de Pythium fitopatógenas identificadas en la República Argentina. Revista de Investigaciones Agrícolas 10, 1–237.

Mihail JD, Champaco ER (1993) Diseases of Amaranthus spp. caused by Pythium aphanidermatum and Macrophomina phaseolina. Canadian Journal of Botany 71, 1219–1223.