Diseases of kenaf (Hibiscus cannabinus) in the Burdekin River Irrigation Area

Published Date
June 1990, Volume 19, Issue 2, pp 34–35

Title 
Diseases of kenaf (Hibiscus cannabinus) in the Burdekin River Irrigation Area

Author 

L. L. Vawdrey, 

R. A. Peterson

Article

Received: 

18 May 1989

Accepted: 

30 November 1989

DOI: 10.1071/APP9900034

Cite this article as: 

Vawdrey, L.L. & Peterson, R.A. Australasian Plant Pathology (1990) 19: 34. doi:10.1071/APP9900034

Abstract

Kenaf (Hibiscus cannabinus) is being grown experimentally in the Burdekin River Irrigation Area in north Queensland. A Selenosporella sp. causing a root rot and wilt, is a major pathogen of water-stressed crops. Other diseases include stem rot and lodging (Rhizoctonia solani), root rot (Pythium deliense), crown rot (Sclerotium rolfsii) and a stem spot (Phomopsis sp.).

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