Abstract
The fungus Macrophomina phaseolina distributed especially in warmer region of Europe is reported for the first time from the Slovakia as a pathogen of sunflower. Morphology of its populations is characterized.
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Bokor, P. Macrophomina phaseolina causing a charcoal rot of sunflower through Slovakia. Biologia 62, 136–138 (2007). https://doi.org/10.2478/s11756-007-0020-9
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