Taxonomía de sphaerotheca fuliginea (erysiphales, ascomycota) sobre melón en Cuba
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Fungus Sphaerotheca fuliginea (Schlecht. ex Fr.) Poll., causal agent of powdery mildew on melon (Cucumis melo L.), are described and illustrated for the first time in Cuba. Relevant morphological features and some aspects of pathogenicity and disease syntomatology are commented.
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