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First Report of Cercospora Leaf Spot of Burcucumber Caused by Cercospora citrullina in Korea
Author(s) -
Hong SunHee,
Park JiHyun,
Cho SungEun,
Shin HyeonDong
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of phytopathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.53
H-Index - 60
eISSN - 1439-0434
pISSN - 0931-1785
DOI - 10.1111/jph.12190
Subject(s) - cercospora , biology , leaf spot , internal transcribed spacer , fungus , ribosomal dna , botany , spots , ribosomal rna , phylogenetics , genetics , gene
Burcucumbers ( Sicyos angulatus ) showing necrotic leaf spots were found in several locations in Korea during 2008–2012. The causal agent was a fungus that was identified as Cercospora citrullina , based on morphological characteristics as well as sequences of the ribosomal DNA internal transcribed spacer region. Although C. citrullina has been known to attack various cucurbitaceous plants, this is the first report of this fungus on S. angulatus .