First Report of Stem brown spot on 'Thai Gold' Selenicereus megalanthus in Malaysia caused by Nigrospora sphaerica

'Thai Gold' yellow pitahaya (family Cactaceae, Selenicereus megalanthus) is a new crop being planted commercially in Malaysia. In May 2021, reddish-brown necrotic lesions were observed on the stems of approximately 60% of 'yellow pitahaya' plants in the field (~8 ha) located in t...

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Veröffentlicht in:Plant disease. - 1997. - (2022) vom: 17. Mai
1. Verfasser: Khoo, Ying Wei (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Khaw, Yam Sim, Tan, Hui Teng, Li, Shi-Fang, Chong, Khim Phin
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2022
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Plant disease
Schlagworte:Journal Article <italic>Nigrospora sphaerica</italic> <italic>Selenicereus megalanthus</italic> Causal Agent Crop Type Fruit Fungi Malaysia Pathogen detection Stem brown spot Subject Areas
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520 |a 'Thai Gold' yellow pitahaya (family Cactaceae, Selenicereus megalanthus) is a new crop being planted commercially in Malaysia. In May 2021, reddish-brown necrotic lesions were observed on the stems of approximately 60% of 'yellow pitahaya' plants in the field (~8 ha) located in the district Keningau of Sabah, Malaysia (5°20'53.1"N 116°06'23.0"E). As the disease progressed, the smaller lesions merged into larger irregularly shaped areas that formed dark brown in color. Stems with reddish-brown spot symptoms from ten plants were collected from the field and brought to the laboratory in sterilized paper bags. The symptom margin was excised into small blocks (5 x 5 x 5 mm). The blocks were surface sterilized based on Khoo et al. (2022), and placed on potato dextrose agar (PDA). The pathogens were isolated (three isolates were obtained) and cultured on potato dextrose agar (PDA) at 25°C for 5 days in the dark. The isolates developed floccose, white colony that darkened with age in PDA. Conidia (n = 30) were single celled, black, smooth, globose to subglobose, 13.9 to 18.7 μm in diameter, and borne singly on a hyaline vesicle at the tip of each conidiophore. Genomic DNA was extracted from fresh mycelia based on Khoo et al. (2021) and Khoo et al. (2022). Amplification of the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region of rDNA, translation elongation factor 1-α (tef1-a) region and β-tubulin (tub2) genes were performed using ITS1/ITS4 (White et al. 1990), EF1-728F/EF2 (O'Donnell et al. 1998; Carbone and Kohn, 1999) and T10/Bt2b (Glass and Donaldson, 1995; O'Donnell and Cigelnik, 1997) primer sets, respectively. The products were sent to Apical Scientific Sdn. Bhd. for purification and sequencing. BLASTn analysis of the newly generated ITS (OK448496, OM832586, OM832589) were 100% identical to Nigrospora sphaerica isolate 1SS (MN339998) (507/507 bp), tef1-a (OM223859, OM826971, OM826972) were 100% identical to Nigrospora sphaerica isolate F (MT708197) (497/497 bp) and tub2 (OL697400, OM826973, OM826974) were 100% identical to Nigrospora sphaerica isolate SN180517 (MN719407) (434/434 bp). The isolates established a supported clade to the related N. sphaerica type sequences, according to phylogenetic analysis using maximum likelihood based on the concatenated ITS, tef1-a and tub2 sequences. Morphological and molecular characterization matched the description of N. sphaerica (Kee et al. 2019). Koch's postulates were performed by spray inoculation (106 spores/ml) of isolate Keningau on the stem of three 'Thai Gold' yellow pitahaya plants in growth stage 4 (BBCH code: 419) (Kishore, 2016), while water was sprayed on three mock controls. The experiment was repeated using isolate Keningau02 and Keningau03 as inoculants. The inoculated stems on yellow pitahaya plants were covered with plastics for 48 h, and the plants were maintained in a greenhouse at room temperature 25 to 28°C with a relative humidity of 80 to 90%. All the inoculated stems developed symptoms 5 days post-inoculation, whereas no symptoms occurred on mock controls, thus fulfilling the Koch's postulates. No pathogen was isolated from the mock controls. The experiments were repeated two more times for each isolate. The reisolated fungi were identical to N. sphaerica morphologically and molecularly. Previously, N. sphaerica has been reported to cause stem brown spot disease on S. megalanthus in the Philippines (Taguiam et al. 2020). To our knowledge, this is the first report of N. sphaerica causing stem brown spot on 'Thai Gold' S. megalanthus in Malaysia. Our findings serve as a warning for the authorities and farmers that the disease threat has appeared for the Malaysian yellow pitahaya production 
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