Pak choi (Brassica chinensis) is a vegetable crop that was recently introduced in Brazil from Asia by seed importer companies. In the state of Parana this crop is becoming increasingly important in the Curitiba area, mainly under protected cultivation. A survey of diseases in this crop was performed during the growing period of 1999/2000, in the School Farm "Capão da Onça" of the Ponta Grossa State University. Materials collected were analyzed at the plant pathology laboratories of this university and at the University of São Paulo, at Piracicaba. In the summer crop, the most prevalent diseases were: Alternaria spot (Alternaria sp.), soft rot (Erwinia sp.) and white rust (Albugo candida). In the fall, there was a low incidence of Alternaria spot and soft rot and white rust did not occur at all.
