Article
First Report of Leaf Spot Caused by Alternaria alternata on Echinacea purpurea in Italy
2018-07-01
Abstract excerpt
Purple coneflower (Echinacea purpurea L.) is a herbaceous ornamental plant of the Asteraceae, widely grown in Italy for its long-blooming elegance and resistance to drought. In summer 2017, a previously unknown leaf spot was observed on 6- to 10-month-old plants grown in gardens in Campiglia Cervo near Biella (northern Italy) at 900 m asl. Affected plants showed black-brown, circular leaf spots, usually 5 to 40 mm...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 14e6a041-e011-5369-ae38-27f82f3cf2b1
- DOI
- 10.1094/pdis-12-17-1894-pdn
