New angle of plant diseases and its hero is Melanospora chionea causing new disease whose called pink root rot in several hosts.

Symptoms of pink root rot were observed on tomato (Lycopersicon
esculentum Mill.) grown in Beni Sweif governorate
(Nasser, Sumosta, Beba and El-Wasta county) in summer 2013.
Based on morphological characteristics of the isolated fungus,
disease symptoms and a pathogenicity test, M. chionea was
identified as the causal agent of pink root rot of tomato. M.
chionea has not previously been reported on tomato. This disease
has infected numerous hosts belong to Asteraceae, Brassicaceae,
Cucurbitaceae, Fabaceae, Molvaceae and Solanaceae.
 

Author(s): F.M. Farag

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