H. Diamond et al., INFORMATION NOTE - MICRODOCHIUM LEAF BLOTCH OF OATS - A NEW FOLIAR DISEASE CAUSED BY MICRODOCHIUM-NIVALE VAR NIVALE IN IRELAND, Plant varieties & seeds, 8(3), 1995, pp. 171-174
A leaf axil and sheath blotch of oats (Avena sativa L.) caused by Micr
odochium nivale var. nivale is described for the first time. Symptoms
observed during the summer of 1994 an plants in a commercial Field app
eared as triangular-shaped necrotic lesions with a downturning of the
leaf blade. The identity of the causal agent was determined by morphol
ogical, molecular and pathogenicity tests.