Abstract
Abstract In the Auckland district of New Zealand wilt and collapse of passion-fruit vines (Passiflora edulis Sims.) have been shown to be caused by the root fungus Phytophthora cinnamomi Rands. The fungus root pathogen Thielaviopsis basicola (Berk.&Br.) Ferraris was isolated from root lesions of unthrifty, slow–growing plants. The occurrences of both fungi on passionfruit vines are new host records for New Zealand. Crown canker, common in most passionfruit-growing areas in New Zealand, caused by a wound invasion by the secondary pathogen Fusarium sam-bucinum Fckl. is not associated with these fungi. The passionfruit vine vascular wilt fungus F. oxysporum Schl. f. sp. passiflorae Purss apud Gordon common in Australia has not been found in New Zealand.
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