First report of <i>Puccinia bornmuelleri</i> on <i>Levisticum officinale</i> (lovage) in Austria
Journal: Plant Pathology
Year: 2010

Levisticum officinale (lovage) is cultivated as a spice or herb in Austria in fields, nurseries and garden plots. Usually only leaf spot diseases, e.g. Ramularia spp., are known to occur on L. officinale, but in September, 2007 specimens of L. officinale with rust pustules on leaves and leaf stalks were found in a garden plot in Vienna. The rust was identified by symptoms and microscopy as Puccinia bornmuelleri. This fungus was first detected by Bornmüller on leaves and stems of L. persicum (=L.