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Aralia leaf-spot, a disease known on several species of Araliaceae in the continental U.S.A. and Hawaii, is reported here as a new occurrence onAralia sp. in Israel. The causal agent,Alternaria panax, was isolated from leaf spots and identified using conidial morphology.
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Levy, E., Elkind, G. & Ben-Ze’ev, I.S. First report in Israel of Aralia leaf-spot caused byAlternaria panax . Phytoparasitica 34, 269–271 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02980955
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