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Sclerotinia minor — a pathogen of bathurst burr (Xanthium spinosum)

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A stem rot, similar to that caused by Sclerotinia minor on sunflower (Helianthus annuus), was observed on the weed, Bathurst Burr (Xanthium spinosum), in a sunflower field trial at Numurkah, in north-central Victoria. It was confirmed that the fungus causing the stem rot on the Bathurst Burr was S. minor. This is the first record of this fungus affecting X. spinosum.

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  1. Department of Agriculture, Institute of Plant Sciences, Swan Street, 3121, Burnley, Victoria

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Clarke, R.G., Porter, I.J. Sclerotinia minor — a pathogen of bathurst burr (Xanthium spinosum). Australasian Plant Pathology 22, 98–99 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1071/APP9930098

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