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First report of downy mildew of statice caused by Peronospora statices in Japan

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In June 2013, plants of hybrid statice (Limonium spp.) cultivar Misty Blue in a greenhouse in Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan, were observed to have yellowish leaves with gray to white downy growth on the surface, mainly on the abaxial side. The present report describes the identification of the causal pathogen as Peronospora statices based on its morphology and the internal transcribed spacer of its ribosomal DNA (rDNA-ITS) sequences. After inoculation of statice seedlings with the isolate, the original symptoms were reproduced. This is the first report of downy mildew of statice in Japan.

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  1. Ornamental Plants and Vegetables Research Center, Hokkaido Research Organization, Takikawa, Hokkaido, 073-0026, Japan

    Kayo Shirai

  2. Hokkaido Central Agricultural Experiment Station, Hokkaido Research Organization, Naganuma, Hokkaido, 069-1395, Japan

    Yoshie Nishiwaki

  3. Hokkaido Prefectural Sorachi Agricultural Extension Center, Fukagawa, Hokkaido, 074-0002, Japan

    Sayo Kobayashi

  4. NARO Institute of Floricultural Science, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8519, Japan

    Mamoru Satou

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Correspondence to Kayo Shirai.

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The reported nucleotide sequence data are available from the DDBJ/EMBL/GenBank databases as accessions LC099972.

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Shirai, K., Nishiwaki, Y., Kobayashi, S. et al. First report of downy mildew of statice caused by Peronospora statices in Japan. J Gen Plant Pathol 82, 212–215 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10327-016-0657-8

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