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First Report of Sclerotium rolfsii Causing Stem Rot of Luffa cylindrica in Brazil

2018-01-01

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Luffa cylindrica (L.) Roem. (Cucurbitaceae) is an Asian vine widely known as the source of loofah (Purseglove 1968). In Brazil (local name bucha), it is cultivated by small-scale producers as a cash crop. In February 2017, L. cylindrica plants with rotted and girdled stem bases were found in a commercial field (27°22′S; 53°25′W) in Frederico Westphalen, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Disease symptoms later led to a co...

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Literature Corpus work: 0e54b973-5f92-578b-8563-f4fb59e32f74
DOI: 10.1094/pdis-07-17-1073-pdn

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