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identified as causing stem rot disease on
D.
sanderiana
(Abedi-Tizaki
et al.,
2016). On the
other hand,
F. proliferatum
is a devastating
pathogen infecting a wide range of plant
species throughout the world causing stem,
crown and root rot as well as leaf prolifero-
sis. In the USA and Canada,
F. proliferatum
was identified to cause root rot on
Glycine
max
(soybean) (Arias
et al.
, 2011; Chang
et al.
,
2015). It was also reported on
Asparagus
of-
ficinalis
(asparagus) causing crown and root
rot in the USA and Turkey (Elmer, 1990; Özer
et al.,
2011). In Argentina,
F. proliferatum
is de-
scribed as a new pathogen causing root rot
on
Vaccinium corymbosum
(blueberry) (Pér-
ez
et al.,
2011). In Malaysia, it was found asso-
ciated with a stem rot disease of
Hylocereus
polyrhizus
(Hawa
et al.,
2013). In China, it was
recorded causing root rot of
Medicago sativa
(alfalfa) and
Codonopsis lanceolata
(Cong
et
al.
, 2016; Gao
et al.
, 2017). In Egypt,
F. prolifer-
atum
var.
minus
was identified as the causal
agent of leaf proliferosis disease of
D. sand-
eriana
(Wagih
et al.
, 1989). To the best of my
knowledge, this is the first report of
F. prolif-
eratum
affecting
D. braunii
in Iraq.
The author is thankful to Dr Craig Simpson
who works at The James Hutton Institute (UK)
for revision of this paper.
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