Abstract
In April 2019, a new basal stem and root rot disease, which caused severe wilting of Crossandra infundibuliformis in Jinniu Park in Haikou City, Hainan province. Plants with typical disease symptoms were random collected from Jinniu Park. The pathogen causing basal stem and root rot of C. infundibuliformis was identified as Fusarium solani from the isolates, based on morphological observation, rDNA-ITS, TEF1-α, and fRPB2 gene sequence analysis, and pathogenicity tests. This is the first report of F. solani causing basal stem and root rot on C. infundibuliformis.
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The authors would like to thank Hainan Province Graduate Student Innovation Research Project (grant number Hys2019-97), which funded the research.
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All authors contributed to the study conception and design. Material preparation, data collection and analysis were performed by Qiu Fang, Xu Gang, Xie Changping, Li Xi, and Zheng Feiqing. The first draft of the manuscript was written by Qiu Fang, and Xie Changping and all authors commented on previous versions of the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.
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Qiu, F., Xu, G., Xie, C.P. et al. Identification of Fusarium solani causing basal stem and root rot of Crossandra infundibuliformis in Hainan, China. Australasian Plant Pathol. 49, 605–608 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13313-020-00735-3
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