Causal agents of Stemphylium-induced foliar diseases of tomatoes and other Solanaceae hosts in Brazil.
Tiago Bezerra TorresLeonardo Silva BoiteuxDavid Nataren PerdomoJosiene Silva VelosoMaria Esther de Noronha FonsecaMariana Rodrigues FontenelleAilton ReisPublished in: Journal of applied microbiology (2024)
Stemphylium lycopersici displayed higher incidence, wider host range, and it was the more disseminated causal agent of the disease in Solanaceae, being detected across all macro-regions of Brazil. Hence, this pathogen should be the focus of breeding programs aimed at developing resistant Solanaceae cultivars.