TY  - EJOU
AU  - PE, Grijalba  
AU  - Palmucci, HE  

TI  - SHORT NOTE - Cylindrocladium spathiphylli, a causal agent of root and crown rot of Spathiphyllum wallisii in Buenos Aires, Argentina
T2  - Phyton-International Journal of Experimental Botany

PY  - 2007
VL  - 76
IS  - all
SN  - 1851-5657

AB  - A new disease of <i>Spathiphyllum wallisii</i> plants, characterized by leaf yellowing and wilting due to root and crown rot, was observed in nurseries of the Great Buenos Aires, Argentina. A fungus was consistently isolated from diseased tissue and identified as <i>Cylindrocladium spathiphylli</i>, on the base of its morphological and cultural characteristics. Inoculation tests were carried out which confirmed this fungus as the causal agent of the disease. This is the first report of <i>C. spathiphylli</i> causing root and crown rot of <i>S. wallisii</i> in Buenos Aires.
KW  - <i>Spathiphyllum wallisii
KW  -  Cylindrocladium spathiphylli</i>
KW  -  root and crown rot

DO  - 10.32604/phyton.2007.76.079