Claim · model-written summary
The reisolated pathogen was confirmed as C. trifolii, fulfilling Koch postulates.
- Taxon
- Trifolium repens
Trifolium repense0 - Interactor
- C. trifoliiCurvularia trifoliie5pathogen
- Outcome
- reisolated and confirmed as C. trifoliie5
Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageSecond interactorSecond interactor roleTreatmentComparatorSettingDirectionValueQualifier
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Verbatim
e0“Trifolium repens L. is widely grown in China as a lawn plant, forage and green manure crop”
e5“The pathogen was reisolated and confirmed as C. trifolii, thereby fulfilling Koch's postulates”
Title
First Report of Leaf Spot Disease Caused by Curvularia trifolii on Trifolium repens in China
Ning Qian; Qingyuan Bai; Kuo Huang; et al. Plant Disease 2026. doi:10.1094/pdis-11-25-2209-pdn
Other claims from this paper (4)
- Observation Leaf spot disease on T. repens in a Beijing park had a 35% incidence.
- Intervention effect Spraying healthy T. repens leaves with a spore suspension of C. trifolii isolate JZB3720003 produced leaf spot symptoms within 7 days, whereas sterilized-water controls remained healthy.
- Observation The isolates were identified as C. trifolii by morphology and phylogeny.
- Observation This is the first report of leaf spot disease caused by C. trifolii on T. repens in China.