Emerging leafy vegetable crop diseases caused by the Fusarium incarnatum-equiseti species complex

• Published in: Phytopathologia mediterranea Vol. 59; no. 2; pp. 303 - 317
• Main Authors: Matic, Slavica, Tabone, Giulia, Guarnaccia, Vladimiro, Gullino, Maria Lodovica, Garibaldi, Angelo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Florence Firenze University Press 01.08.2020; Firenze University Press Università degli Studi di Firenze
• Subjects: Biological control; Cereals; Chemical properties; Crop diseases; Deoxyribonucleic acid; Diseases and pests; DNA; FIESC leaf spot diseases; Fungi; Fungicides; Fusarium; Fusarium incarnatum; Genetic aspects; Greens, Edible; Host plants; Identification and classification; Inspection; Leafspot; Leaves; Lettuce; Morphology; multi-locus sequence typing; Organs; Pathogenicity; pathogenicity assays; Pathogens; phylogenetic analyses; Phylogenetics; Plant diseases; Signs and symptoms; Species; Spinach; Vegetables; Italy; China

Fusarium equiseti, a member of the Fusarium incarnatum-equiseti species complex (FIESC), has recently been reported in Italy as the causal agent of a leaf spot diseases on previously unrecorded plant hosts. This emerging disease has affected leafy vegetable hosts including lettuce, lamb's lettu...