Abstract
Stem canker and severe wilt were observed on delphinium plants (Delphinium elatum) in Aomori Prefecture, Japan, in 2008. The fungus isolated from the diseased crown was identified as Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. delphinii on the basis of morphological characteristics, nucleotide sequences, and host range. The isolate induced similar stem canker and wilt symptoms in inoculated delphinium plants. We propose the name “stem canker and wilt” for the disease.
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The fungal isolate and its nucleotide sequence data obtained in this study were deposited in Genebank, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, under accession MAFF 243476 and the DDBJ/EMBL/GenBank databases under accession AB779750 for the internal transcribed spacer regions of rDNA and AB779749 for translation elongation factor 1α.
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Kondo, T., Chu, E., Kageyama, K. et al. Stem canker and wilt of delphinium caused by Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. delphinii in Japan. J Gen Plant Pathol 79, 370–373 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10327-013-0465-3
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