Occurrence of Violet Root Rot on Membranous Milk Vetch Caused by Helicobasidium mompa in Korea.

ABSTRACT: Severe violet root rot occurred in a field of membranous milk vetch in Bonghwa, Korea, in October 2010. Two fungal isolates from the diseased plants were identified as Helicobasidium mompa based on their morphological, cultural, and molecular characteristics. This is the first report that H. mompa causes violet root rot on membranous milk vetch in Korea.

SUBMITTER: Hong SK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3385128 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature