Identification, Characterization, and Pathogenicity of Fungi Associated with Strawberry Fruit Rot in Shandong Province, China

China is the largest strawberry producer and exporter worldwide and has been constantly challenged by fruit rot diseases in recent years. Symptoms of various diseases on strawberry fruits were observed in Huangqiyuan Base, an important strawberry-producing region in Shandong Province, and symptomati...

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Veröffentlicht in:Plant disease. - 1997. - 107(2023), 12 vom: 01. Dez., Seite 3773-3782
1. Verfasser: Li, Zhihua (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Yu, Xiaoyan, Zhang, Weiqian, Han, Rui, Zhang, Jing, Ma, Yue, Guo, Lifeng, Wang, Xiangjing, Zhao, Junwei, Xiang, Wensheng
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2023
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Plant disease
Schlagworte:Journal Article fruit rot fungi multilocus phylogenetic analysis pathogenicity strawberry
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Zusammenfassung:China is the largest strawberry producer and exporter worldwide and has been constantly challenged by fruit rot diseases in recent years. Symptoms of various diseases on strawberry fruits were observed in Huangqiyuan Base, an important strawberry-producing region in Shandong Province, and symptomatic samples were collected from January to April 2021 for follow-up studies. In the present study, 137 isolates were obtained and classified into nine species based on morphological characteristics and multilocus phylogenetic analysis (ITS, GAPDH, HIS3, RPB2, EF-1α, HSP60, G3PDH, and/or TUB2), namely, Botrytis cinerea, B. fabiopsis, Alternaria alternata, A. tenuissima, Fusarium proliferatum, F. graminearum, F. ipomoeae, F. incarnatum, and Colletotrichum siamense. Pathogenicity results suggested that all nine pathogenic species could induce fruits to exhibit symptoms similar to those naturally infected in fields. The symptoms around the inoculation points varied, including dense white mycelia caused by Botrytis spp., fading and depression caused by Fusarium spp., black-brown rot caused by Alternaria spp., and shrinkage and dehydration caused by Colletotrichum spp. Overall, B. cinerea was the dominant pathogen, accounting for 61.3% of the total isolates, and showed significantly higher virulence against strawberry fruits than other species. In addition, this is the first report to identify B. fabiopsis, A. alternata, A. tenuissima, F. proliferatum, F. graminearum, F. ipomoeae, and F. incarnatum as causal agents of strawberry fruit rot in Shandong Province, China
Beschreibung:Date Completed 01.01.2024
Date Revised 01.01.2024
published: Print-Electronic
Citation Status MEDLINE
ISSN:0191-2917
DOI:10.1094/PDIS-04-23-0696-RE