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First report of Fusarium proliferatum associated with Allium fistulosum L. in Italy

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In 2016, symptoms of stunted growth with internal violet basal stem rot were detected in several seed production plots of Welsh onion or Japanese bunching onion (Allium fistulosum) in Italy. Morphological and molecular identifications confirmed the isolation of Fusarium proliferatum. The pathogenicity was verified with Koch’s postulates checked. To our knowledge, this is the first report of F. proliferatum as a pathogen of A. fistulosum in Italy.

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  1. Consiglio per la ricerca in agricoltura e l’analisi dell’economia agraria, Centro per la Cerealicoltura e Colture industriali sede di Rovigo, Viale Giovanni Amendola 82, 45100, Rovigo, Italy

    Ilaria Alberti & Graziella Paglia

  2. Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie (DipSA), University of Bologna, Viale Fanin 44, 40127, Bologna, Italy

    Antonio Prodi & Paola Nipoti

  3. Consiglio per la ricerca in agricoltura e l’analisi dell’economia agraria, Centro per la Difesa e la Certificazione sede di Bologna, Via di Corticella 133, 40128, Bologna, Italy

    Massimo Montanari

  4. Cooperativa Agricola Cesenate, Via Calcinaro, 1450, 47521, Cesena, Italy

    Cinzia Asioli

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Alberti, I., Prodi, A., Montanari, M. et al. First report of Fusarium proliferatum associated with Allium fistulosum L. in Italy. J Plant Dis Prot 125, 231–233 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s41348-017-0134-4

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