First Report of Cylindrocarpon pauciseptatum Associated with Root Rot and Decline of Peach in Southern Italy (Apulia Region)

During a survey for the sanitary status of stone fruits in southern Italy (Apulia region), symptoms of low vigor, sparse foliage, and chlorosis of leaves, frequently leading to decline or death of the plants, were observed on 3- to 5-year-old peach trees (Prunus persica) cvs. Tardi Belle, Zee Lady,...

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Veröffentlicht in:Plant disease. - 1997. - 96(2012), 5 vom: 01. Mai, Seite 764
1. Verfasser: Yaseen, T (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Ahmed, Y, D'Onghia, A M, Digiaro, M
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2012
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Plant disease
Schlagworte:Journal Article
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520 |a During a survey for the sanitary status of stone fruits in southern Italy (Apulia region), symptoms of low vigor, sparse foliage, and chlorosis of leaves, frequently leading to decline or death of the plants, were observed on 3- to 5-year-old peach trees (Prunus persica) cvs. Tardi Belle, Zee Lady, and O'Henry grafted on GF677. Brown-to-black discolorations of the wood were observed in cross-sections of the trunks just below the graft union. Samples were collected from May to June 2010 from two symptomatic orchards in Brindisi and Foggia provinces. Small pieces of brownish, vascular wood and necrotic root tissues were surface disinfested, placed onto potato dextrose agar (PDA), and incubated for 7 days at 25°C in the dark. Single-conidial isolates were subsequently grown on PDA at 25°C for 10 days. Fungal colonies were presumptively identified as members of the genus Cylindrocarpon on the basis of their morphological and conidial characteristics. On PDA, the isolates developed abundant mycelium, which gradually became yellowish or partially brownish. Macroconidia were predominantly three septate, straight and cylindrical with both ends broadly rounded. Chlamydospores and ovoidal microconidia were observed on synthetic nutrient-poor agar (1). Sequence of the ribosomal internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region was obtained using universal primers (ITS6-ITS4) and deposited in GenBank (Accession No. HE577846). This sequence revealed 100% genetic identity with a sequence from Cylindrocarpon pauciseptatum Schroers & Crous (Accession No. EF607090), a recently described species (3). In nature, several species of the genus Cylindrocarpon affect a large number of woody plants, mainly grapevine, olive, and stone fruits, in which they attack the root surface (2). To verify Koch's postulates, the roots of 20 3-month-old peach seedlings (GF305) were dipped for 30 min in a spore suspension of the fungus (1 × 108 conidia ml-1). Seedlings were then transplanted in an artificial soil mix and held under controlled conditions in a greenhouse at 24°C. Typical black-foot symptoms developed on 92% of the inoculated plants within 3 months, whereas the control plants, whose roots had been dipped in distilled water, remained healthy. C. pauciseptatum was reisolated from infected tissues and internal vascular lesions of 45% of the inoculated plants, but none of the plants used as controls, fulfilling Koch's postulates. To our knowledge, this is the first report of this pathogen on peach in the Apulia Region of Italy. Currently, C. pauciseptatum is limited to a few orchards where presumably it was introduced with infected propagating material from extra-regional nurseries. C. pauciseptatum has the potential to negatively affect the stone fruit industry in Italy including reducing nursery production and productivity and vigor of trees in orchards, or even rapid death of young trees. References: (1) W. Gams et al. CBS Course of Mycology. 4th ed. Centraalbureau voor Schimmelcultures, Baarn, the Netherlands, 1998. (2) M. E. S. Hernandez et al. Eur. J. Plant Pathol. 104:347, 1998. (3) H. J. Schroers et al. Mycol. Res. 112:82, 2008 
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