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In 2010, Miscanthus × giganteus rhizomes were collected from Belgian fields showing emergence reduction and were analyzed for detection and identification of fungal species. All rhizomes were infected by at least one Fusarium species, of which F. culmorum, F. miscanthi, F. crookwellense and F. graminearum were the most abundant. Results of the pathogenicity tests by soil inoculation demonstrate the ability of F. miscanthi, F. culmorum and F. avenaceum to cause rhizome rot disease under greenhouse conditions. This is the first report of F. miscanthi and other Fusarium species isolated from M. × giganteus rhizomes in Belgium.
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This research was funded by the Service Public de Wallonie, Direction générale opérationnelle de l’Agriculture, des Ressources naturelles et de l’Environnement, Direction de la Recherche, in the framework of the project Caractérisation et dynamique des fusarioses sur maïs en Région Wallonne.
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Scauflaire, J., Gourgue, M., Foucart, G. et al. Fusarium miscanthi and other Fusarium species as causal agents of Miscanthus × giganteus rhizome rot. Eur J Plant Pathol 137, 1–3 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10658-013-0220-9
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