First Report of Puccinia thaliae Causing Leaf Rust on Canna indica in Malaysia

Plant Dis. 2022 May 11:PDIS10212332PDN. doi: 10.1094/PDIS-10-21-2332-PDN. Online ahead of print.

Ying Wei Khoo^{1

2}, Hui Teng Tan³, Yam Sim Khaw³, Shi-Fang Li^{1

4}, Khim Phin Chong²

¹ State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100191, China.
² Faculty of Science and Natural Resources, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Jalan UMS, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah 88400, Malaysia.
³ Key Aquatic Animal Health and Therapeutics Laboratory, Institute of Bioscience, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor 43400, Malaysia.
⁴ Key Laboratory of Integrated Pest Management on Tropical Crops, Ministry of Agriculture, Environment and Plant Protection Institute, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, Haikou, Hainan 571101, China.

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Keywords: Canna indica; Malaysia; Puccinia thaliae; field crops; fungi; ornamentals; pathogen detection; yield loss and economic impacts.