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Fusarium species associated with plants in Australia

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Fusarium species associated with plants as pathogens, saprobes and endophytes in Australia are listed with notes on their pathogenicity and toxicity provided. A list of Fusarium species not known to occur in Australia also is provided and their quarantine significance evaluated.

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This work was supported in part by a grant from the Australian Biological Resources Study for the study of taxonomy of Fusarium in Australia, and the Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station. We thank Drs. Michael Priest (DAR), Roger Shivas (BRIP) and James Cunnington (VPRI) for access to cultures in the herbaria they curate. Manuscript no. 10-140-J from the Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station, Manhattan.

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    Brett A. Summerell, Edward C. Y. Liew, Matthew H. Laurence, Suzanne Bullock, Alison R. Bentley, Chris G. Howard & Sophie A. Peterson

  2. Department of Plant Pathology, 4024 Throckmorton Plant Sciences Centre, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, 66506-5502, USA

    John F. Leslie

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Summerell, B.A., Leslie, J.F., Liew, E.C.Y. et al. Fusarium species associated with plants in Australia. Fungal Diversity 46, 1–27 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13225-010-0075-8

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