New insights into scabby canker of Opuntia ficus-indica, caused by Neofusicoccum batangarum

New insights into scabby canker of Opuntia ficus-indica, caused by Neofusicoccum batangarum

This study characterizes a fungal disease of cactus pear (Opuntia ficus-indica, Cactaceae), reported from the minor islands of Sicily. The disease, originally named ‘gummy canker’, was first reported in 1973 from Linosa, a small island of the Pelagian archipelago, south of Sicily. The causal agent w...

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Main Authors: Francesco ALOI, Selene GIAMBRA, Leonardo SCHENA, Giuseppe SURICO, Antonella PANE, Giorgio GUSELLA, Claudia STRACQUADANIO, Santella BURRUANO, Santa Olga CACCIOLA
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Firenze University Press 2020-07-01
Series:Phytopathologia Mediterranea
Subjects:
Botryosphaeriaceae
cactus pear
phylogenetic analysis
marker genes
host range
Online Access:https://oajournals.fupress.net/index.php/pm/article/view/11225

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