Canadian Journal of Plant Pathology (2014) 36, 403-406

Abbas Nasehi, Jugah-Bin Kadir, Farnaz Abed-Ashtiani, Mehdi Nasr-Esfahani, Elham Golkhandan and Nyaka Ngobisa (2014)
Identification of Pithomyces chartarum causing leaf spot of cabbage in Malaysia
Canadian Journal of Plant Pathology 36 (3), 403-406
Abstract: A leaf spot disease was observed on cabbage (Brassica oleracea L. var. capitata) affecting 80% of plants growing in greenhouses and fields in Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia. Symptomatic leaf samples were collected from infected plants and isolations made on agar medium. Single-spore isolates from resulting colonies were identified based on cultural and morphological characteristics as Pithomyces chartarum. Morphological identification was confirmed by sequence analysis of the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) regions 1 and 2, including 5.8S rDNA (ITS1-5.8S-ITS2). Pathogenicity tests indicated that P. chartarum causes leaf spot on cabbage. This is the first report of leaf spot caused by P. chartarum on cabbage in Malaysia.
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Database assignments for author(s): Abbas Nasehi

Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
general biology - morphology - evolution

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Pseudopithomyces chartarum	Cabbage (Brassica oleracea)	Malaysia