Athelia rolfsii (= Sclerotium rolfsii) infects banana in the Philippines

Bienvenido D. Acabal; Teresita U. Dalisay; Johannes Z. Groenewald; Pedro W. Crous; Christian Joseph R. Cumagun

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Athelia rolfsii (= Sclerotium rolfsii) infects banana in the Philippines

Bienvenido D. Acabal, Teresita U. Dalisay, Johannes Z. Groenewald, Pedro W. Crous, Christian Joseph R. Cumagun

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Abstract

We surveyed eight banana farms planted with cultivar ``Lakatan'' in Central Visayas, Philippines, for fungal diseases in 2014. A rotting disease on the corm and leaf sheaths, splitting of the pseudostem and yellowing of the leaves were observed only in Toledo City, Cebu province. These symptoms were associated with sclerotial bodies and mycelial growth. The causal organism was identified by morphology and ITS sequence as Athelia rolfsii (= Sclerotium rolfsii) which is the first report of this fungal pathogen on banana from the Philippines.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	10
Number of pages	1
Journal	Australasian Plant Disease Notes
Volume	14
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s13314-019-0341-x
Publication status	Published - Dec 2019

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Banana
Control of spread
Fungal disease
Identification

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