Gen Shu Wei

First Report of Shoot Blight on Cinnamomum cassia Caused by Neofusicoccum parvum in China

Cinnamomum cassia Presl, an aromatic tree of the Lauraceae family, is widely cultivated in southern China as a source plant for traditional medicine and spice (Zhang et al. 2019). In June 2025, a shoot blight was observed on C. cassia plants in a plantation at the Guangxi Botanic...