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First Report of Neofusicoccum batangarum as Causal Agent of Scabby Cankers of Cactus Pear (Opuntia ficus-indica) in Minor Islands of Sicily

2018-02-01

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Cactus pear (Opuntia ficus-indica, Cactaceae), native to Mexico, is a multipurpose crop. About 90% of Italian production of cactus pear fruit is from Sicily. In 2013, a disease of cactus pear was noticed in minor islands of Sicily, Lampedusa and Linosa (Pelagie archipelago), Favignana (Aegadian archipelago), and Ustica, where cactus pear is grown as living fences. Symptoms were on flattened stems functioning as le...

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Literature Corpus work: 615359cc-b56d-5b48-b7aa-59f3dfcdd00d
DOI: 10.1094/pdis-07-17-1039-pdn

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