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Fungus found in roses attacks human eye?

henry_kuska
10 years ago

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Title: "First Report of Leaf Blotch Caused by Pestalotiopsis clavispora on Rosa chinensis Jacq in China"

"Rosa chinensis Jacq, a traditional Chinese ornamental flower, is an important landscaping plant in northern China. Since July 2013, leaf blotch symptoms were observed in the Tianjin flower nursery (117:09E39:17N). The garden exhibited 40% disease incidence with observable symptoms on basal leaves that were yellowed from the edge to the inside area on infected leaves, like the character "V". Yellow lesions covered one third to one half of the leaf. Yellow halos were observed at the junction of the healthy and diseased tissues."

http://apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/abs/10.1094/PDIS-01-14-0036-PDN?journalCode=pdis

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"Pestalotiopsis clavispora has been reported to cause a number of plant diseases, including diseases of blueberry and avocado plants.2,3 To our knowledge, this is the first case of human infection caused by P. clavispora."

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3848927/

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