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A Bipolaris sp. was reisolated from symptomatic plants, fulfilling Koch’s postulates.
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e0“A Bipolaris sp. was reisolated and identified by the above methods, fulfilling Koch's postulates.”
t0“Malabar spinach (Basella alba L.)”
Title
First Report of a Leaf Spot on Basella alba Caused by a Bipolaris sp. in Florida
S. Zhang; Y. Fu; Z. Mersha; et al. Plant Disease 2011. doi:10.1094/pdis-04-11-0276
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- Observation Leaf spots occurred on both surfaces of Malabar spinach leaves in Homestead, Florida.
- Observation The leaf lesions were necrotic, up to 2 mm in diameter, and had grayish centers and dark brown borders.
- Observation A fungus was consistently isolated from symptomatic Malabar spinach tissue.
- Observation The isolate had morphological and cultural features closely similar to Bipolaris sp.
- Observation The isolate sequence shared 95% identity over 531 bp with Bipolaris portulacae.
- Observation The isolate had consistently smaller conidia than descriptions of B. portulacae.
- Intervention effect Inoculated Malabar spinach developed leaf symptoms after ten days, while controls did not.
- Observation The authors report the first Bipolaris sp. occurrence on Malabar spinach in Florida.