Fusarium root rot of Asclepias curassavica: first report in Argentina

M. E. Petrone; M. C. Rivera; E. R. Wright

doi:10.1071/DN07018

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Fusarium root rot of Asclepias curassavica: first report in Argentina

M. E. Petrone ^A , M. C. Rivera ^A ^B and E. R. Wright ^A

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^A Faculty of Agronomy, University of Buenos Aires, Av. San Martín 4453 (1419), Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Argentina.

^B Corresponding author. Email: mrivera@agro.uba.ar

Australasian Plant Disease Notes 2(1) 39-40 https://doi.org/10.1071/DN07018
Submitted: 16 February 2007 Accepted: 19 March 2007 Published: 2 April 2007

Abstract

Root rot caused by Fusarium oxysporum is reported for the first time on Asclepias curassavica in Buenos Aires. It appears to be the first report of the isolation and description of the causal agent of this disease on this host.

Acknowledgements

This work was supported by grant UBACYT G085 from the University of Buenos Aires.

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