Title: Fruit internal brown rot caused by Neoscytalidium dimidiatum on pitahaya in Guangdong province, China
Abstract: In July 2013, an unknown fruit internal brown rot disease was observed on white-fleshed pitahaya (Hylocereus undatus) in Zhanjiang, Guangdong province, China. Based on morphological characteristics and phylogenetic analysis of ITS sequences, the pathogen was determined as Neoscytalidium dimidiatum.