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First record of Rhynchosporium alismatis on Alisma lanceolatum and Damasonium minus

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Rhynchosporium alismatis is reported for the first time in Australia causing necrotic leaf spots on two important aquatic weeds of rice, Alisma lanceolatum and Damasonium minus, and also on the native species A. plantago-aquatica This is the first world record of the fungus on A. lanceolatum and D. minus.

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Cother, E.J., Gilbert, R.L. & Pollock, D.C. First record of Rhynchosporium alismatis on Alisma lanceolatum and Damasonium minus . Australasian Plant Pathology 23, 46–49 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1071/APP9940046

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