Annual Report of the Kanto-Tosan Plant Protection Society
Online ISSN : 1884-2879
Print ISSN : 1347-1899
ISSN-L : 1347-1899
Plant diseases
New Records of Southern Blight on Three Medical Plants in Japan: Fish Mint, Geranium Herb and American Mandrake
Remi ICHINOSEKotone MORITAYuri SASAISayaka TACHIYutaro YOSHIZAWAMasako ARAGANEHideo HOSHISatoshi KAGIWADASeiju ISHIKAWAHiromichi HORIE
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2014 Volume 2014 Issue 61 Pages 74-77

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Southern blight of fish mint Houttuynia cordata, geranium herb Geranium thunbergii and American mandrake Podophyllum peltatum occurred in Tokyo Metropolis and Saitama Prefecture in 2012. The causal fungus isolated from the diseased plants was identified as Sclerotium rolfsii Sacc. based on morphological characteristics as well as molecular analyses of the rDNA-ITS region. Inoculation tests confirmed that the fungus was a causal agent of these diseases. This is the first report of the disease in Japan.

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