Puccinia mesembryanthemi causing a new disease inhibiting the growth of Sceletium tortuosum in South Africa

TY - JOUR

T1 - Puccinia mesembryanthemi causing a new disease inhibiting the growth of Sceletium tortuosum in South Africa

AU - Crous, P.W.

AU - Denman, S.

AU - Scott, M.

PY - 1999

Y1 - 1999

N2 - Puccinia mesembryanthemi is newly reported as a rust disease of Sceletium tortuosum from Namaqualand and the south coast of South Africa. Although this pathogen has serious implications for the commercial cultivation of Sceletium spp., preliminary trials have given positive results with unregistered fungicides such as tebuconazole and bitertanol. =P. mesembryanthemi is a pathogen also associated with other members of the family Mesembryanthemoideae.

AB - Puccinia mesembryanthemi is newly reported as a rust disease of Sceletium tortuosum from Namaqualand and the south coast of South Africa. Although this pathogen has serious implications for the commercial cultivation of Sceletium spp., preliminary trials have given positive results with unregistered fungicides such as tebuconazole and bitertanol. =P. mesembryanthemi is a pathogen also associated with other members of the family Mesembryanthemoideae.

U2 - 10.5962/p.415132

DO - 10.5962/p.415132

M3 - Article

SN - 0093-4666

VL - 72

SP - 231

EP - 236

JO - Mycotaxon

JF - Mycotaxon

ER -