Yulia, E., and Shipton, W.A. (2008) Fungal leaf mycota of selected aromatic plants in North Queensland. Australasian Mycologist, 27 (1). pp. 7-12.

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Abstract

The phyllosphere, endophytic and pathogenic mycota of pepper, cinnamon and tumeric growing in close proximity in a tropical location were studied. Increasing washing cycles up to ten did not significantly alter the number of colonies recovered except in cinnamon which showed reduced numbers recovered beyond seven washes. The isolated fungi were both pathogenic and saprophytic. The fungal genera most frequently isolated from the plant samples by the spread plate method were Aspergillus, Cladosporium, Colletotrichum and Nigrospora. The leaf piece method of isolation most frequently recovered Cladosporium, Colletotrichum, Nigrospora, Pestalotiopsis, Phoma and nonsporing dematiaceous fungi. Three of these species isolated by the leaf piece method(Colletotrichum gloeosporioides on pepper, Pestalotiopsis cf. versicolor on cinnamon, and Phoma sp. on tumeric) are putative pathogens. The diversity of species isolated by washing was less than half that isolated by the leaf piece method. Recovery of species solely by the leaf piece plate method was presumably because these fungi were present primarily inside leaves rather than growing and fruiting abundantly on the leaf surface.

Item ID:	25679
Item Type:	Article (Research - C1)
ISSN:	1441-5526
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Date Deposited:	14 Jun 2013 00:20
FoR Codes:	07 AGRICULTURAL AND VETERINARY SCIENCES > 0703 Crop and Pasture Production > 070308 Crop and Pasture Protection (Pests, Diseases and Weeds) @ 100%
SEO Codes:	82 PLANT PRODUCTION AND PLANT PRIMARY PRODUCTS > 8299 Other Plant Production and Plant Primary Products > 829999 Plant Production and Plant Primary Products not elsewhere classified @ 100%
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