First Report of Azalea Petal Blight Caused by Pestalotiopsis guepini in Argentina

The most important azalea (Rhododendron spp.) growing area in Argentina is located in the outskirts of Buenos Aires. A disease of the azalea flower was detected during surveys conducted during September 1998. Irregular brown spots were uniformly distributed on petals and resulted in a flower blight...

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Veröffentlicht in:Plant disease. - 1997. - 84(2000), 1 vom: 30. Jan., Seite 100
1. Verfasser: Rivera, M C (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Wright, E R
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2000
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Plant disease
Schlagworte:Journal Article
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520 |a The most important azalea (Rhododendron spp.) growing area in Argentina is located in the outskirts of Buenos Aires. A disease of the azalea flower was detected during surveys conducted during September 1998. Irregular brown spots were uniformly distributed on petals and resulted in a flower blight that did not lead to abscission of petals. Pieces of infected petals were surface-sterilized for 1 min in 2% NaOCl, plated on potato dextrose agar, and incubated at 24 ± 2°C. Pure cultures were identified as Pestalotiopsis guepini (Desmaz.) Steyaert (synamorph P. guepini Desmaz.) based on morphological characteristics (1,2). Inoculation for pathogenicity testing was carried out by spraying a conidial suspension (1 × 106 conidia per ml) on plants with previously punctured petals. Inoculated plants with unwounded flowers, as well as noninoculated controls, were included. Plants were incubated in moist chambers at 24°C. Symptoms appeared on all punctured flowers within 4 to 5 days. Petals were blighted by 9 days after inoculation and were covered with black acervuli by 12 days after inoculation. Unwounded and noninoculated controls remained symptomless. The pathogen was reisolated from inoculated flowers, completing Koch's postulates. Pathogenicity of P. guepini on azalea leaves in Argentina was reported in 1991. This is the first report of P. guepini causing disease on azalea flowers in Argentina. References: (1) J. E. M. Mordue. CMI Descr. Pathog. Fungi Bact. No. 320, 1971. (2) B. C. Sutton. 1980. The Coelomycetes. Commonwealth Mycological Institute, Kew, England 
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