Ralstonia solanacearum race 1/biovar III causing wilt of begonia in the State of São Paulo, Brazil

I. M. G. Almeida; J. Rodrigues Neto; V. A. Malavolta; L. M. R. Rodrigues

doi:10.1071/DN07041

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Ralstonia solanacearum race 1/biovar III causing wilt of begonia in the State of São Paulo, Brazil

I. M. G. Almeida ^A ^D , J. Rodrigues Neto ^A , V. A. Malavolta Jr ^B and L. M. R. Rodrigues ^C

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^A Instituto Biológico, Caixa Postal 70, CEP 13001-970, Campinas, SP, Brazil.

^B Instituto Agronômico, Caixa Postal 28, CEP 13001-970, Campinas, SP, Brazil.

^C UNIPINHAL, Caixa Postal 5, CEP 13990-000, Espírito Santo do Pinhal, SP, Brazil.

^D Corresponding author. Email: gatti@biologico.sp.gov.br

Australasian Plant Disease Notes 2(1) 99-99 https://doi.org/10.1071/DN07041
Submitted: 26 April 2007 Accepted: 20 June 2007 Published: 3 July 2007

Abstract

A natural occurrence of Ralstonia solanacearum causing wilt on begonia plants was observed for the first time in Brazil. Pathogenicity and biochemical tests placed the isolates into race1/biovar III.

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