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Race determination of nine Australian isolates of the apple black spot fungus Venturia inaequalis

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Five selections of Malus spp., from USA, used as race differentials for the apple black spot fungus Venturia inaequalis, were inoculated with nine Australian isolates of the fungus—six from Queensland, two from Victoria, and one from South Australia. The reactions of the five Malus selections indicated that all nine isolates of V. inaequalis were race 1.

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  1. Department of Primary Industries, Granite Belt Horticultural Research Station, PO Box 501, Stanthorpe, Queensland, 4380

    J. B. Heaton, S. R. Dullahide & A. D. McWaters

  2. Essential Oils of Tasmania, PO Box 162, 7050, Kingston, Tasmania

    L. B. Baxter

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  1. J. B. Heaton
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Heaton, J.B., Dullahide, S.R., Baxter, L.B. et al. Race determination of nine Australian isolates of the apple black spot fungus Venturia inaequalis . Australasian Plant Pathology 20, 139–141 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1071/APP9910139

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