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DURING the summer of 1942 a culture of a fungus was received from Dr. R. M. Nattrass, of Kenya, who stated that the organism had been isolated from flax plants suspected of being affected with Pasmo disease and that he believed it to be Sphoerella linorum (Naoum.) Wr., the cause of the disease.
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COLHOUN, J., MUSKETT, A. 'Pasmo' Disease of Flax. Nature 151, 223–224 (1943). https://doi.org/10.1038/151223b0
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