First Report of Fusarium luffae Causing Leaf Blight on Loquat in Eastern China

• Published in: Plant disease
• Main Authors: Zhang, Shiling, Wang, Bo, Cao, Ying, Ji, Yanping, Sun, Qing, Shi, Xinchi, Herrera-Balandrano, Daniela D, Laborda, Pedro
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.03.2024
• Subjects: Fungi; Fruit; Crop Type; Pathogen detection; Causal Agent; Subject Areas; tree fruits

During May-June 2021 and 2022, leaf blight symptoms were observed on loquat leaves (Eriobotrya japonica cv. 'Mogi') in Jiangsu Province (Xuzhou municipality, 117.17° E, 34.13° N) in China. Approximately 10% of the leaves on the two hundred trees studied in a six-year-old loquat orchard exh...