Diseases of Aeschynomene spp. observed in forage evaluation trials in South America and Florida, U.S.A. are described and discussed. Newly discovered diseases include Polythrincium sp. leaf blotch, Calonectria sp. dieback, and Rhizoctonia solani Kuhn foliar blight. Diseases previously reported fr...
Dextre, R.
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Ayarza, Miguel Angel
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Toledo, José M.
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Calderón, M.
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Lenne, J.M.
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Pizarro, Esteban A.
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[Pasture germplasm evaluation and agronomy]
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Pasture germplasm evaluation and agronomy
Desmodium wart, caused by Synchytrium desmodii, severely reduced soil seed reserves, seedling survival, and recruitment of adult plants of Desmodium ovalifolium ‘CIAT 350’ to the pasture sward from 1985 to 1988 at Carimagua in the eastern plains of Colombia. Under nonflooded conditions, wart did ...
Lenne, J.M.
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Torres, C.
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García, C.
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[Effect of wart disease on survival and yield of the tropical pasture legume Desmodium ovalifolium]
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Effect of wart disease on survival and yield of the tropical pasture legume Desmodium ovalifolium
During field screening from 1978 to 1981 of 121 accessions of the tropical pasture legume Stylosanthes capitata at two sites in Colombia and at Planaltina in Brazil, 94.2% of the accessions were resistant to anthracnose (caused by Colletotrichum gloeosporioides) in Colombia while 85.1% were susce...
Lenne, J.M.
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Thomas, D.
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Andrade, Ronaldo P. de
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Vargas, A.
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[Anthracnose of Stylosanthes capitata: Implications for future disease evaluations of indigenous tropical pasture legumes]
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Anthracnose of Stylosanthes capitata: Implications for future disease evaluations of indigenous tropical pasture legumes
A previously undescribed leaf spot of Centrosema spp. in Colombia and Costa Rica was found to be caused by Cylindrocladium colhounii. Symptoms included irregular, zonate, brown leaf spots, 10–30 mm in diameter; chlorosis; and defoliation. Pastures of Centrosema acutifolium cv. Vichada in the east...
Lenne, J.M.
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Vargas de Alvarez, A.
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[Leaf spot of Centrosema species caused by Cylindrocladium colhounii]
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Leaf spot of Centrosema species caused by Cylindrocladium colhounii