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 Sclerotinia minor
BiostatusPresent in region - Exotic
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Article: Dingley, J.M. (1969). Records of plant diseases in New Zealand. New Zealand Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, Bulletin 192: 298 p. Wellington:.
Notes: As Cunningham (1927b) regarded Sclerotinia minor as a synonym of S. sclerotiorum
(Lib.) de Bary, New Zealand records of this fungus have previously been included under
the latter. In the Auckland area it is commonly associated with a brown watery rot of
mature lettuce heads. It is of considerable economic importance. As with S. sclerotiorum,
soil sterilisation by chemicals such as chloropicrin or with steam is recommended for its
control. Soil treatments with quintozene have been used to give some control of the disease
when it is present in an established crop.
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