First report of Macrophomina phaseolina on olives (Olea europaea) in Australia

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doi:10.1071/AP05001

First report of Macrophomina phaseolina on olives (Olea europaea) in Australia

V. Sergeeva ^A ^C, L. Tesoriero ^B, R. Spooner-Hart ^A, N. Nair ^A

^A Centre for Horticulture and Plant Sciences, University of Western Sydney, Locked Bag 1797, Penrith South DC, NSW 1797, Australia.
^B Elizabeth Macarthur Agricultural Institute, PMB 8, Camden, NSW 2570, Australia.
^C Corresponding author. Email: v.sergeeva@uws.edu.au





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Australasian Plant Pathology 34(2) 273–274 http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/AP05001
Accepted: 18 November 2004 Published online: 22 June 2005

Abstract

Macrophomina phaseolina was isolated from diseased olive roots. This is the first record on this host in Australia. Infection studies demonstrated that two isolates of the fungus were capable of inducing typical charcoal rot symptoms on rooted olive cuttings.