Identification of Neofusicoccum parvum causing canker and twig blight on Ficus carica in Italy

During June 2018, several symptomatic fig (Ficus carica) cuttings, showing twig blight, subcortical discolouration and apical dieback were collected from a nursery in Catania province, Sicily (Italy). Isolations from diseased tissue consistently showed the presence of the same fungal colony. Morphol...

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Main Authors: Dalia AIELLO, Giorgio GUSELLA, Alberto FIORENZA, Vladimiro GUARNACCIA, Giancarlo POLIZZI
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Firenze University Press 2020-03-01
Series:Phytopathologia Mediterranea
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Online Access:https://oajournals.fupress.net/index.php/pm/article/view/10798