Database of Plant Diseases in Japan

Details of Sweet potato Southern blight
Host plant
  • Sweet potato
Disease nameSouthern blight
Disease name (Japanese)
  • 白絹病 [shirakinu-byo]
Pathogen/Cause
  • Sclerotium rolfsii Saccardo
Pathogen/Cause (synonym)
  • Corticium rolfsii Curzi
References
  • 多田 勲:日植病報 12(2-4):205, 1943(昭18)
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