Verticillium Wilt of Peperomia in Italy. S. Grasso, Istituto di Patologia Vegetale, Università di Catania, 95123, Italy. Rosa La Rosa, Istituto di Patologia Vegetale, Università di Catania, 95123, Italy. Plant Dis. 66:960. Accepted for publication 24 May 1982. Copyright 1982 American Phytopathological Society. DOI: 10.1094/PD-66-960.

A new vascular disease of Peperomia obtusifolia ‘Variegata’ observed in Italy is described. The causal agent was identified as Verticillium dahliae.

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