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Citation for Study 13007

About Citation title: "First Report of Fusarium proliferatum Causing Rot of Stored Garlic Bulbs (Allium sativum L.) in Italy.".
About Study name: "First Report of Fusarium proliferatum Causing Rot of Stored Garlic Bulbs (Allium sativum L.) in Italy.".
About This study is part of submission 13007 (Status: Published).

Citation

Tonti S., Dal pr? M., Nipoti P., Prodi A., & Alberti I. 2012. First Report of Fusarium proliferatum Causing Rot of Stored Garlic Bulbs (Allium sativum L.) in Italy. Journal of Phytopathology, .

Authors

  • Tonti S.
  • Dal pr? M.
  • Nipoti P.
  • Prodi A.
  • Alberti I.

Abstract

During 2011, a dry rot of stored garlic was detected on bulbs of ?Aglio Bianco? (white garlic) in Piacenza, Ferrara and Rovigo districts. Bulbs, harvested in July, were asymptomatic. After the drying process in the drying sheds, about thirty percent of bulbs appeared emptied and softened. Fusarium proliferatum was consistently recovered from infected bulbs. The morphological identification was confirmed by Translation Elongation Factor 1-alpha gene sequencing. Koch postulates were checked through a pathogenicity test. The disease has already been reported in Serbia, Germany, Spain, United States, China and India, but to our knowledge this is the first report of F. proliferatum garlic bulb rot in Italy.

Keywords

Fusarium proliferatum, garlic bulbs

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