Identification of the new pathogen (Stemphylium lycopersici) causing leaf spot on pepino (Solanum muricatum)

• Main Authors: Nasehi, Abbas, Kadir, Jugah, Esfahani, Mehdi Nasr, Ashtiani, Farnaz Abed, Golkhandan, Elham, Ashkani, Sadegh
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Blackwell Verlag GmbH 2016
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/54488/1/Identification%20of%20the%20new%20pathogen%20%28Stemphylium%20lycopersici%29%20causing%20leaf%20spot%20on%20pepino%20%28Solanum%20muricatum%29%20.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/54488/; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/jph.12431
• Institution: Universiti Putra Malaysia

Pepino (Solanum muricatum var. pepino) plants were found affected by an extensive leaf spot caused by plant pathogenic fungi during a survey in the Cameron highlands, Pahang state, Malaysia. Symptomatic leaf samples were collected from infected pepino plants and cultivated on PDA medium, and the pat...