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FIRST REPORT OF Cylindrocladium buxicola Henricot IN GALICIA.

Cylindrocladium buxicola, included until November 2008 in the EPPO Alert List (European Plant Protection Organization), can cause an important foliar disease affecting several species of Buxus, being Buxus sempervirens cv. Suffruticosa highly sensitive to the disease. The fungus had been previously detected in several European countries and in New Zealand, but it had not been reported in our country. In Spain it was first detected in Galicia in November 2008 on nursery plants of Buxus spp. growing in pots and received at our laboratory (EFA). So far it was not detected in box plants growing in Galician gardens.

Diseased plants showed dark brown to black spots on the leaves and black streaks on the stems. In case of severe attacks, plants present a strong defoliation. On foliar spots and on twigs we can observe fungal branched conidiophores carrying the cylindrical conidia of the genus. Identification of the species was based on morphological and molecular techniques following the taxonomic description made by Henricot and Culham in 2002.


Symptoms on box		C. buxicola inoculation
Appearance on twigs		Chlamidospores
Conidiophore		Conidia and vesicle