Yufei Gou, Manmei Wu, Hong Zhang, Shuhua Wei, Jianli Liu
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Abstract
Sophora alopecuroides is a medicinal herb with high alkaloid content that is crucial in sand fixation in northwest China. In September 2023, a leaf spot disease was detected on wild S. alopecuroides growing in semi-arid steppe in Yanchi county (Ningxia, China). Based on morphological features and tef1, gapdh and rpb2 sequence analysis, the representative isolates obtained from the leaf spots (H3 and H4) were identified as Alternaria alternata. Koch's postulates for pathogenicity tests were completed on S. alopecuroides seedlings. To our knowledge, this is the first report of A. alternata causing leaf spot on S. alopecuroides in China.
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Journal of Phytopathology publishes original and review articles on all scientific aspects of applied phytopathology in agricultural and horticultural crops. Preference is given to contributions improving our understanding of the biotic and abiotic determinants of plant diseases, including epidemics and damage potential, as a basis for innovative disease management, modelling and forecasting. This includes practical aspects and the development of methods for disease diagnosis as well as infection bioassays.
Studies at the population, organism, physiological, biochemical and molecular genetic level are welcome. The journal scope comprises the pathology and epidemiology of plant diseases caused by microbial pathogens, viruses and nematodes.
Accepted papers should advance our conceptual knowledge of plant diseases, rather than presenting descriptive or screening data unrelated to phytopathological mechanisms or functions. Results from unrepeated experimental conditions or data with no or inappropriate statistical processing will not be considered. Authors are encouraged to look at past issues to ensure adherence to the standards of the journal.