First record of Jatropha podagrica gummosis caused by Botryodiplodia theobromae in China

G. Fu; S. L. Huang; J. G. Wei; G. Q. Yuan; J. G. Ren; W. H. Yan; Z. L. Cen

doi:10.1071/DN07030

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First record of Jatropha podagrica gummosis caused by Botryodiplodia theobromae in China

G. Fu ^A ^B , S. L. Huang ^A ^C , J. G. Wei ^B , G. Q. Yuan ^B , J. G. Ren ^A , W. H. Yan ^A and Z. L. Cen ^A

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^A Plant Protection Institute, Guangxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanning, Guangxi 530007, China.

^B College of Agriculture, Guangxi University, Nanning, Guangxi 530005, China.

^C Corresponding author. Email: silianghuang@126.com

Australasian Plant Disease Notes 2(1) 75-76 https://doi.org/10.1071/DN07030
Submitted: 11 April 2007 Accepted: 26 April 2007 Published: 10 May 2007

Abstract

Jatropha podagrica gummosis, caused by Botryodiplodia theobromae, was found for the first time in China at Pearl Square in Beihai City, Guangxi province in 2005. The fungus was isolated and the pathogenicity confirmed. This is the first record of the pathogen on J. podagrica in China.

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