Australasian Plant Disease Notes
DISEASE NOTES OR NEW RECORDS: First report of Waitea circinata causing sheath spot and Rhizoctonia oryzaesativae causing aggregate sheath spot on rice in south-eastern Australia
V. M. Lanoiselet, G. J. Ash, E. J. Cother, M. J. Priest and A. Watson
Australasian Plant Pathology 30(4) 369 - 370
Abstract
A survey conducted during the summer of 2001 in the rice-growing areas of
south-eastern Australia revealed for the first time the presence of
Rhizoctonia oryzae-sativae (Sawada) Mordue, the causal
agent of aggregate sheath spot and Waitea circinata
Warcup & Talbot, the causal agent of sheath spot, on stems of rice plants.
Full text doi:10.1071/AP01053
© CSIRO 2001
