Aloe vera (L.) Burm f., which belongs to the family Aloaceae, is a perennial succulent plant and cultivated for its medicinal, cosmetic, vegetable and ornamental uses. In summer of 2021, about 15% (60 infected among 400 surveyed plants) of A. vera (A. barbadensis) plants in two gardens in Lishui, Zhejiang Province of China showed symptoms of southern blight disease. Symptomatic plants primarily exhibited slightly sunken water-soaked, dark brown lesions on taproot and basal part of the stems. As the disease progressed, leaves in the basal part o...
