2015 Volume 2015 Issue 62 Pages 97-100
In 2013, orange hawkweed, pincushion-flower, August-lily, potentilla, astilbe and prostrate speedwell were blighted in flower beds in Saitama, Japan. The pathogens isolated from each diseased plant were identified as Sclerotium rolfsii based on morphological observations and ITS homology test. This is the first report of the diseases in Japan.