<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Lucky bamboo (<italic>Dracaena braunii</italic>) is a popular ornamental plant in Iraq. Individuals of this plant showing stem and root rot symptoms were observed during a survey conducted from November 2015 to February 2016 in several nurseries in Kerbala province, Iraq. Based on morphological characteristics and sequence analyses of the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region of the ribosomal DNA (rDNA), the pathogen was identified as <italic>Fusarium proliferatum</italic>. This is the first report of stem and root rot caused by <italic>F. proliferatum</italic> on lucky bamboo (<italic>D. braunii</italic>) in Iraq.</p></abstract>

Lucky bamboo (Dracaena braunii) is a popular ornamental plant in Iraq. Individuals of this plant showing stem and root rot symptoms were observed during a survey conducted from November 2015 to February 2016 in several nurseries in Kerbala province, Iraq. Based on morphological characteristics and sequence analyses of the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region of the ribosomal DNA (rDNA), the pathogen was identified as Fusarium proliferatum. This is the first report of stem and root rot caused by F. proliferatum on lucky bamboo (D. braunii) in Iraq.

First report of <italic>Fusarium proliferatum</italic> causing stem and root rot on lucky bamboo (<italic>Dracaena braunii</italic>) in Iraq

Plant Protection Department, Agriculture College

Hellenic Plant Protection Journal

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First report of  causing stem and root rot on lucky bamboo () in Iraq

Lucky bamboo (Dracaena braunii) is a popular ornamental plant in Iraq. Individuals of this plant showing stem and root rot symptoms were observed during a...

First report of Fusarium proliferatum causing stem and root rot on lucky bamboo (Dracaena braunii) in Iraq

Published Online: Jan 31, 2019

Page range: 1 - 5

Received: Mar 06, 2018

Accepted: Sep 04, 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/hppj-2019-0001

Keywords
molecular identification, morphological characterization, pathogenicity

© 2019 A.A. Lahuf, published by Sciendo

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First report of Fusarium proliferatum causing stem and root rot on lucky bamboo (Dracaena braunii) in Iraq

Published Online: Jan 31, 2019

Page range: 1 - 5

Received: Mar 06, 2018

Accepted: Sep 04, 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/hppj-2019-0001

Keywordsmolecular identification, morphological characterization, pathogenicity

© 2019 A.A. Lahuf, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
molecular identification, morphological characterization, pathogenicity