Molecular characterization of leaf spot caused by Alternaria alternata on buttonwood (Conocarpus erectus L.) and determination of pathogenicity by a novel disease rating scale

• Muhammad Fahim Abbas,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of plant pathology, Faculty of agriculture, Lasbela University of Agriculture water and Marine Sciences, Uthal, Baluchistan, Pakistan

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• Muhammad Rafiq ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: fiqakha@gmail.com (MR); marif@gudgk.edu.pk (MA)

  Affiliation Department of plant pathology, Faculty of Agriculture, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1804-4947

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• Abdullah M. Al-Sadi,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Plant Sciences, College of Agricultural and Marine Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman

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• Saleh Alfarraj,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Zoology Department, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

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• Sulaiman Ali Alharbi,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Botany & Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

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• Muhammad Arif ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: fiqakha@gmail.com (MR); marif@gudgk.edu.pk (MA)

  Affiliation Department of Plant Protection, Ghazi University, Dera Ghazi Khan, Pakistan

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• Mohammad Javed Ansari

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Botany, Hindu College Moradabad (Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Rohilkhand University Bareilly), Moradabad, India

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8718-3078

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