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RESEARCH ARTICLE

Colletotrichum destructivum: a new lucerne pathogen in Argentina

S. Frayssinet
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Departamento de Agronomía, Universidad Nacional del Sur, Altos de Palihue, 8000 Bahía Blanca, Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina. Email: frayssin@criba.edu.ar

Australasian Plant Disease Notes 3(1) 68-68 https://doi.org/10.1071/DN08027
Submitted: 10 March 2008  Accepted: 24 April 2008   Published: 5 May 2008

Abstract

Colletotrichum destructivum was isolated and identified as a lucerne pathogen in the south-west area of the Buenos Aires province, Argentina. This is the first report of C. destructivum on lucerne in this country. Symptoms and fungal morphology are described.


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