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First report of rust disease on ohia and the causal fungus, Puccinia psidii, in Japan

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In 2007, a rust disease of ohia (Metrosideros polymorpha) was found in Japan. We identified this pathogen as Puccinia psidii based on its morphological characters and the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) sequence of the ribosomal DNA. This pathogen was pathogenic on Eucalyptus amplifolia and E. rudis in addition to previously reported host species. This is the first report in Japan of a rust disease on ohia and the occurrence of its causal fungus, P. psidii.

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Acknowledgments

This study was supported in part by a grant-in-aid of the research project for utilizing advanced technologies in agriculture, forestry and fisheries (No. 18037) administered by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries in Japan. We are deeply grateful to T. Ozaki, Exotic Plants Inc., for providing plants for inoculations.

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  1. Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 1-1-1 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8657, Japan

    Takeshi Kawanishi, Hiroshi Hamamoto & Shigetou Namba

  2. Southern Prefectural Horticulture Institute, Chiba Prefectural Agriculture and Forestry Research Center, 1762 Yamamoto, Tateyama, Chiba, 294-0014, Japan

    Seiji Uematsu

  3. Institute of Agriculture and Forestry, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8572, Japan

    Makoto Kakishima

  4. Faculty of Bioscience and Applied Chemistry, Hosei University, 3-7-2 Kajino, Koganei, Tokyo, 184-8584, Japan

    Satoshi Kagiwada & Hiromichi Horie

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Kawanishi, T., Uematsu, S., Kakishima, M. et al. First report of rust disease on ohia and the causal fungus, Puccinia psidii, in Japan. J Gen Plant Pathol 75, 428–431 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10327-009-0202-0

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