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First report of Leveillula taurica causing powdery mildew on Tropaeolum majus in Taiwan

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Garden nasturtium (Tropaeolum majus), belonging to the family Tropaeolaceae, is a widely used ornamental plant. In April 2020, a powdery mildew was observed on garden nasturtium in central Taiwan. Symptoms included angular chlorotic lesions which later became brown and necrotic on both leaf surfaces. The fungus was identified as Leveillula taurica s. str. based on the morphology and the molecular analysis of ITS sequence. The powdery mildew was found on both T. majus and sweet pepper in the meantime. This is the first report of L. taurica causing powdery mildew on T. majus in Taiwan.

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  1. Crop Environment Section, Taichung District Agricultural Research and Extension Station, Dacun, Changhua, Taiwan

    Yi-Ting Xiao, Chao-Jen Wang, Tung-Chin Huang & Yuan-Min Shen

  2. Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, College of Bio‑Resources and Agriculture, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan

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The nucleotide sequence data reported are available in the DDBJ/EMBL/GenBank databases under the accession numbers MT472006 and MT472005.

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Xiao, YT., Ariyawansa, H.A., Wang, CJ. et al. First report of Leveillula taurica causing powdery mildew on Tropaeolum majus in Taiwan. J Gen Plant Pathol 87, 264–268 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10327-021-01001-0

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