Vol. 61 No. 3 (2022): including the "60th MPU Anniversary Special Section"
Articles

Curvularia americana and Curvularia tropicalis cause leaf and crown necrosis on Bermuda grass in Italy

Giovanna GILARDI
Centre for Innovation in the Agro-Environmental Sector, AGROINNOVA, University of Torino, Largo Braccini 2, 10095 Grugliasco (TO)
Massimo MOCIONI
ANT–NET srl, Via Livorno 60, Torino
Maria Lodovica GULLINO
Centre for Innovation in the Agro-Environmental Sector, AGROINNOVA, University of Torino, Largo Braccini 2, 10095 Grugliasco (TO)
Vladimiro GUARNACCIA
Centre for Innovation in the Agro-Environmental Sector, AGROINNOVA, University of Torino, Largo Braccini 2, 10095 Grugliasco (TO)

Published 2022-11-25

Keywords

  • Cynodon,
  • turf disease,
  • multi-locus typing,
  • golf courses

How to Cite

[1]
G. GILARDI, M. MOCIONI, M. L. GULLINO, and V. GUARNACCIA, “Curvularia americana and Curvularia tropicalis cause leaf and crown necrosis on Bermuda grass in Italy”, Phytopathol. Mediterr., vol. 61, no. 3, pp. 431–437, Nov. 2022.

Abstract

Curvularia americana and C. tropicalis are described as causes of leaf and crown necroses on Bermuda grass (Cynodon dactylon x Cynodon transvaalensis) in Veneto, Northern Italy. These pathogens were characterized using morphological characters, and a multilocus molecular phylogenetic analysis based on the nuclear ribosomal internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region, the partial glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (gapdh) and translation elongation factor-1α (tef1-α) genes. Pathogenicity tests and the fulfilment of Koch’s postulates confirmed C. americana and C. tropicalis as foliar pathogens of Bermuda grass. This is the first report of C. americana and C. tropicalis as pathogens of Bermuda grass, and the first record these two fungi in Europe.

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