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Fusarium mangiferae associated with mango malformation in the Sultanate of Oman

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Mango malformation, caused by Fusarium mangiferae, represents the most important floral disease of mango. The first symptoms of this disease were noticed in the beginning of 2005 in plantations at Sohar in the Sultanate of Oman. The affected inflorescences were abnormally enlarged and branched with heavy and dried-out panicles. Based on morphology and DNA-sequence data for the genes encoding translation elongation factor 1α and β-tubulin, the pathogen associated with these symptoms was identified as F. mangiferae.

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We thank National Research Foundation (NRF), members of Tree Protection Co-operative Programme (TPCP), Centre for Tree Health Biotechnology (CTHB), University of Pretoria in South Africa and Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries in the Sultanate of Oman for financial support.

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  1. Department of Microbiology and Plant Pathology, Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI), University of Pretoria, Pretoria, 0002, South Africa

    M. Kvas, E. T. Steenkamp, W. F. O. Marasas & M. J. Wingfield

  2. Ghadafan Agriculture Research Station, Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, P.O. Box 204, Sohar, 311, Sultanate of Oman

    A. O. Al Adawi & A. A. Al Jahwari

  3. Department of Crop Sciences, College of Agricultural and Marine Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University, P.O. Box 34, Al Khod, 123, Sultanate of Oman

    M. L. Deadman

  4. Department of Genetics, Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology institute (FABI), University of Pretoria, Pretoria, 0002, South Africa

    B. D. Wingfield

  5. Department of Plant Pathology, University of Florida, 18905 SW 280th Street, Homestead, FL, 33031-3314, USA

    R. C. Ploetz

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Kvas, M., Steenkamp, E.T., Al Adawi, A.O. et al. Fusarium mangiferae associated with mango malformation in the Sultanate of Oman. Eur J Plant Pathol 121, 195–199 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10658-007-9231-8

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