Occurrence of Alternaria alternata and A. tenuissima causing black rot in cherry fruits (Prunus avium) in Central Chile

During the harvest of 2020 and 2021, sweet cherry (Prunus avium) fruit showed a firm rot with irregular pale to dark brown lesions on the fruit surface, with green to light brown fungal growth resembling Alternaria-like infection (Simmons, 2007). Diseased cherries (n= 80 fruit) were collected at har...

Ausführliche Beschreibung

Bibliographische Detailangaben
Veröffentlicht in:Plant disease. - 1997. - (2023) vom: 13. Sept.
1. Verfasser: Cancino, Sebastian (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Lolas, Mauricio A, Galdós, Liszoe, Hernández, Yadira, Ferrada, Enrique, Riveros, Pablo, Blanco-Ulate, Bárbara, Díaz, Gonzalo A
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2023
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Plant disease
Schlagworte:Journal Article Causal Agent Crop Type Etiology Fruit Fungi Subject Areas tree fruits
LEADER 01000naa a22002652 4500
001 NLM362001081
003 DE-627
005 20231226090328.0
007 cr uuu---uuuuu
008 231226s2023 xx |||||o 00| ||eng c
024 7 |a 10.1094/PDIS-07-23-1435-PDN  |2 doi 
028 5 2 |a pubmed24n1206.xml 
035 |a (DE-627)NLM362001081 
035 |a (NLM)37702786 
040 |a DE-627  |b ger  |c DE-627  |e rakwb 
041 |a eng 
100 1 |a Cancino, Sebastian  |e verfasserin  |4 aut 
245 1 0 |a Occurrence of Alternaria alternata and A. tenuissima causing black rot in cherry fruits (Prunus avium) in Central Chile 
264 1 |c 2023 
336 |a Text  |b txt  |2 rdacontent 
337 |a ƒaComputermedien  |b c  |2 rdamedia 
338 |a ƒa Online-Ressource  |b cr  |2 rdacarrier 
500 |a Date Revised 13.09.2023 
500 |a published: Print-Electronic 
500 |a Citation Status Publisher 
520 |a During the harvest of 2020 and 2021, sweet cherry (Prunus avium) fruit showed a firm rot with irregular pale to dark brown lesions on the fruit surface, with green to light brown fungal growth resembling Alternaria-like infection (Simmons, 2007). Diseased cherries (n= 80 fruit) were collected at harvest in mature (over 10-year-old) commercial orchards of cherry tree varieties Lapins, Regina, Santina, Skeena, and Sweetheart planted in four localities of the regions O´Higgins (33°59´ S, 70°42´W; San Francisco de Mostazal and Graneros) and Maule (35°00'S, 71°23´W; Curicó and Sagrada Familia), Central Chile. The incidence of black rot was 1.9 and 3.2% in O´Higgins and Maule region, respectively, and it was increased to up to 5% during cold storage. The fruit collected previously, were transported to the lab, and surface disinfected in 75% ethanol for 15 s, and rinsed in sterile water. Internal pieces from the junction of diseased and healthy tissues of fruits were placed on potato dextrose agar (PDA, 2%) for 7 days at 20°C. Forty-two isolates of Alternaria-like (Simmons, 2007) were recovered consistently from pure cultures taking hyphal tips from 7 days old cultures. On PDA, 28 isolates (group A) were characterized by cottony, white-gray to green colonies and conidial chains (4 to 10 conidia) with secondary chains (1 to 5 conidia) branching on the conidiophore. Conidia were ovate to obclavate (mean 22.8 ± 5.1 x 8.8 ± 1.5 μm; n=40) with 3 to 7 transepta and 1 longisepta. The remaining 14 isolates (group B) were characterized by cottony, olive-green to olive-brown colonies following a ring pattern of growth and white margins, with conidial chains (4 to 14 conidia) and uncommon secondary chains (1 to 4 conidia). Conidia were obpyriform to ovate, light brown to brown with a cylindrical short beak at the tip (mean 24.7 ± 5.9 × 11.2 ± 1.3 μm; n=40) with 2 to 4 transepta, and 0 to 2 longisepta. Two representative isolates of group A (Sant-02-2020 and Bing-03-2020) and group B (Sant-26-2021 and Skeen-43-2021) were amplified for the Alternaria major allergen (Alt a1), plasma membrane ATPase (ATP), and calmodulin (Cal) loci following the protocols described by Hong et al. (2005) and Lawrence et al. (2013). A MegaBlast search of sequences of group A (GenBank nos. OR267293- OR267294, OR258001- OR258002, and OR267297- OR267298, for Alt a1, ATP, and Cal, respectively) showed 100% similarity to strains UCD10529 and UCD10539 of A. alternata, and group B (GenBank nos. OR267295- OR267296, OR258003- OR258004, and OR258005- OR258006, for Alt a1, ATP, and Cal, respectively) showed 100% similarity to strains EGS 34-015 and A30 of A. tenuissima. Combined phylogenetic analysis using MEGA X clustered isolates Sant-02-2020 and Bing-03-2020, and Sant-26-2021 and Skeen-43-2021 with ex-type of A. alternata and A. tenuissima, respectively. Pathogenicity tests were conducted using isolates of A. alternata (Sant-02-2020; Bing-03-2020) and A. tenuissima (Sant-26-2021; Skeen-43-2021). Detached ripe cherry fruit var. Sweetheart (n=40 fruits/isolate) and Regina (n=40 fruits/isolate) were surfaces disinfested (75% ethanol, 30 s), wounded in the middle with a sterile needle (2 mm in depth), and inoculated with 20 μL of conidial suspension (106 conidia/mL). An equal number of healthy cherries (n=40 fruits) treated with sterile water were used as controls. The experiment was repeated once. All inoculated fruit incubated for 7 days at 22°C, developed between 13 ± 2.7 to 23 ± 2.5 mm and 14.1 ± 1.1 to 19 ± 3.6 mm in lesion diameter for A. alternata and A. tenuissima isolates, respectively. Koch´s postulates were fulfilled by 100% reisolation of the causal pathogen from inoculated fruit, and molecular identification of A. alternata and A. tenuissima isolates. Previously, A. alternata has been described as causing rots on cherries in Chile (Acuña 2010), and China (Zhao and Liu, 2012; Ahmad et al., 2020). To our knowledge, this is the first occurrence of cherry black rot caused by A. alternata and A. tenuissima in Central Chile. Epidemiological studies are necessary to develop integrated management of cherry black rot in Central Chile 
650 4 |a Journal Article 
650 4 |a Causal Agent 
650 4 |a Crop Type 
650 4 |a Etiology 
650 4 |a Fruit 
650 4 |a Fungi 
650 4 |a Subject Areas 
650 4 |a tree fruits 
700 1 |a Lolas, Mauricio A  |e verfasserin  |4 aut 
700 1 |a Galdós, Liszoe  |e verfasserin  |4 aut 
700 1 |a Hernández, Yadira  |e verfasserin  |4 aut 
700 1 |a Ferrada, Enrique  |e verfasserin  |4 aut 
700 1 |a Riveros, Pablo  |e verfasserin  |4 aut 
700 1 |a Blanco-Ulate, Bárbara  |e verfasserin  |4 aut 
700 1 |a Díaz, Gonzalo A  |e verfasserin  |4 aut 
773 0 8 |i Enthalten in  |t Plant disease  |d 1997  |g (2023) vom: 13. Sept.  |w (DE-627)NLM098181742  |x 0191-2917  |7 nnns 
773 1 8 |g year:2023  |g day:13  |g month:09 
856 4 0 |u http://dx.doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-07-23-1435-PDN  |3 Volltext 
912 |a GBV_USEFLAG_A 
912 |a SYSFLAG_A 
912 |a GBV_NLM 
912 |a GBV_ILN_350 
951 |a AR 
952 |j 2023  |b 13  |c 09