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SHORT NOTE - Cylindrocladium spathiphylli, a causal agent of root and crown rot of Spathiphyllum wallisii in Buenos Aires, Argentina

Grijalba PE, HE Palmucci

Cátedra de Fitopatología. Facultad de Agronomía de la Universidad de Buenos Aires (FAUBA). Av. San Martín 4453. (1416) Buenos Aires. Argentina.
Address Correspondence to PE Grijalba; e-mail: grijalba@agro.uba.ar

Phyton-International Journal of Experimental Botany 2007, 76(all), 79-84. https://doi.org/10.32604/phyton.2007.76.079

Abstract

A new disease of Spathiphyllum wallisii plants, characterized by leaf yellowing and wilting due to root and crown rot, was observed in nurseries of the Great Buenos Aires, Argentina. A fungus was consistently isolated from diseased tissue and identified as Cylindrocladium spathiphylli, on the base of its morphological and cultural characteristics. Inoculation tests were carried out which confirmed this fungus as the causal agent of the disease. This is the first report of C. spathiphylli causing root and crown rot of S. wallisii in Buenos Aires.

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