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Powdery mildew is reported on carrots for the first time in Australia. The affected plants were on a property located in the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area of New South Wales. Based on morphological data and an rDNAITS sequence, the fungus was identified asErysiphe heraclei. Inoculation tests showed that the fungus was aggressive on carrot, but weakly pathogenic on parsnip and parsley.Erysiphe heraclei is common on parsnip but this is the first record on carrot in Australia.
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Cunnington, J.H., Watson, A., Liberato, J.R. et al. First record of powdery mildew on carrots in Australia. Australasian Plant Disease Notes 3, 38–41 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03211231
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