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Verticillium albo-atrum in Australia: a case study of information confusion in plant pathology

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All reports and records of Verticillium albo-atrum from Australia have been examined. The only ones authenticated by specimens and cultures are on potato from South Australia, Tasmania and Victoria. In some cases, reports on other hosts can be shown to refer to V. dahliae; in others, the identity of the causal fungus cannot now be determined. Confusion about the host range and geographic distribution of V. albo-atrum in Australia has arisen from (i) failure of much of the earlier literature to distinguish between V. albo-atrum and V. dahliae; (ii) assuming that diseases reported only as Verticillium wilt were caused by V. albo-atrum and (iii) failure of many workers to retain specimens and cultures which would allow the identity of reported hosts and fungi to be checked at a later date. Thus, Verticillium albo-atrum must be regarded as a pathogen of major quarantine significance for Australia and stringent measures taken to exclude it. Strains attacking hops and lucerne in some other countries are of especial quarantine importance.

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Walker, J. Verticillium albo-atrum in Australia: a case study of information confusion in plant pathology. Australasian Plant Pathology 19, 57–67 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1071/APP9900057

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