Article
First Report of Alternaria steviae Causing Black Leaf Spot of Stevia in China
2018-12-01
Abstract excerpt
Stevia (Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni), an herb native to South America, is now commercially cultivated in China as well as other countries for use as a natural sweetener. In June 2017, black leaf spots were observed on stevia (cv. Puxing 3) growing in a 2-ha commercial stevia field with approximately 60% of leaves infected in Gan county of Jiangxi province, China. Infected foliage displayed dark brown, elliptical or...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 9bc3fc61-9d99-5a45-9ff1-812fda9f6f08
- DOI
- 10.1094/pdis-03-18-0446-pdn
