First Report of Formosan Michelia Seedling Root Rot Caused by Pythium splendens in Taiwan

Formosan michelia (Michelia compressa (Maxim.) Sargent) is a valuable evergreen tree in Taiwan that is distributed from low to medium (200 to 1,800 m) altitudes. In many nurseries in Taiwan, Formosan michelia seedlings grow poorly or wilt. The etiology of the disease observed in April 2004 in a nurs...

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Veröffentlicht in:Plant disease. - 1997. - 89(2005), 12 vom: 02. Dez., Seite 1361
1. Verfasser: Fu, C H (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Chen, C M, Hsieh, H J
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2005
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Plant disease
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520 |a Formosan michelia (Michelia compressa (Maxim.) Sargent) is a valuable evergreen tree in Taiwan that is distributed from low to medium (200 to 1,800 m) altitudes. In many nurseries in Taiwan, Formosan michelia seedlings grow poorly or wilt. The etiology of the disease observed in April 2004 in a nursery in Jinshan was investigated. Diseased seedlings with chlorotic leaves and decayed feeder roots lost leaves, died back, and then wilted. The putative pathogen, Pythium splendens Braun, was isolated and identified on a morphological basis (1). P. splendens was isolated from the roots of diseased seedlings on 2% water agar with 100 ppm of ampicillin. Isolates increased daily on potato dextrose agar at 24°C by 27 to 30 mm and on malt extract agar (MEA) by 23 to 25 mm. No zoosporangia and zoospores were produced. The main hyphae were as much as 9 μm wide on MEA. Hyphal swellings were abundant, globose, smooth, terminal, and 33 to 42 μm in diameter, often with dark, densely granulated contents. Attempted matings of four P. splendens isolates in V8 medium failed. To prove pathogenicity, the four isolates were cultured in 300-ml flasks containing 150 ml of 2% malt extract medium at room temperature for 14 days. The mycelia were homogenized in sterile water at 4,500 rpm for 5 min. The suspension was adjusted to 5 × 106 hyphal swellings per ml. Roots of the 2-month-old seedlings were immersed in the suspension for 2 h, whereas the control seedlings were immersed in sterilized water. Five seedlings of each of three replicates were inoculated with one of the four isolates for a total of 60 seedlings. Controls were replicated in the same way. The inoculated plants were transplanted into plastic flowerpots containing sterilized peat and moss and kept in the greenhouse at 20 to 24°C. After 14 days, inoculated seedlings developed symptoms like those of the original plants. The putative pathogen was reisolated from the roots of inoculated plants. Cultures are maintained at the Forest Pathology Lab of the National Taiwan University. To our knowledge, this is the first report of proof of pathogenicity of P. splendens on Formosan michelia seedlings. Reference: (1) A. J. Van der Plaats-Niterink. Stud. Mycol. 21:151, 1981 
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