First report of leaf spot caused by Curvularia verruculosa on Cynodon sp. in Hubei, China

Curvularia leaf spot affects many species of grasses worldwide and is commonly caused by Curvularia eragrostidis, C. geniculata, C. intermedia, C. inaequalis, C. lunata, C. pallescens, C. protuberata or C. trifolii(Smith et al., 1989). Weng et al.(1997) found that the most frequent disease of warm season grasses in southern China was caused by C. lunata, and C. affinis has been found on Festuca arundinacea(Huang et al., 2004). There have been no other reports of curvularia leaf spot from central China.