Thursday, 4 May 2017

PRO/PL> Pantoea leaf blight, rice - Togo, Benin: 1st reps

Other Plant Disease -- Togo
In Benin, surveys were carried out in rice to assess the importance of bacterial leaf blight caused by _Xanthomonas oryzae_ pv. _oryzae_ (EPPO A1 List). Symptomatic leaf samples gave negative results in a multiplex PCR test for _X. oryzae_. Further studies revealed bacteria belonging to the genus _Pantoea_. Molecular and pathogenicity tests confirmed _P. ananatis_ and _P. stewartii_ (EPPO A2 List). Symptoms were observed in all 14 surveyed sites with a disease incidence from 30 to 100 per

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