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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Firenze University Press
2020-07-01
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Series: | Phytopathologia Mediterranea |
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Online Access: | https://oajournals.fupress.net/index.php/pm/article/view/11225 |