First Report of Lasiodiplodia pseudotheobromae causing Postharvest Decay of Strawberries in Florida

Postharvest decay of strawberry (Fragaria × ananassa Duch.) is a major factor causing fruit losses. Strawberries were obtained from various harvests at cooling facilities located in Dover and Plant City, FL during the 2018-19 and 2019-20 seasons. After the fruits were incubated at 22ºC for up to 5 d...

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Veröffentlicht in:Plant disease. - 1997. - (2023) vom: 08. Nov.
1. Verfasser: Zhang, Jiuxu (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Yan, Jiaqi, Bai, Jinhe, Hu, Cuifeng, Pan, Tengfei, Carrillo, Yisel J, Cardenas, Daniela E, Cano, Liliana M, Ritenour, Mark A
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2023
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Plant disease
Schlagworte:Journal Article Fruit rot Lasiodiplodia Postharvest fruit decay Strawberries
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520 |a Postharvest decay of strawberry (Fragaria × ananassa Duch.) is a major factor causing fruit losses. Strawberries were obtained from various harvests at cooling facilities located in Dover and Plant City, FL during the 2018-19 and 2019-20 seasons. After the fruits were incubated at 22ºC for up to 5 days (d) to promote disease development, Lasiodiplodia decay was observed at up to 3% from some harvests, exhibiting gray mycelia on small lesions that gradually covered the whole fruit. The fungus was isolated onto potato dextrose agar (PDA). Five isolates (SBD18-14, SBD18-277, SBD18-279, SBD19-02 and SBD19-57) were characterized. Fungal mycelia were initially grayish white and then gradually changed to gray to dark gray on PDA at 25oC, and later produced black pigments (Fig. S1). Pycnidia were observed from inoculated strawberries at 14 d. Isolates shared similar conidia morphology: aseptate, hyaline, ellipsoid to ovoid, measuring L × W: 24.0-34.0 (28.3) × 13.0-16.0 (14.3) μm (n =100). Mature conidia were brown, one septate, measuring L × W: 25.0-33.0 (28.8) × 13.0-16.0 (14.5) μm (n =100). The isolates were identified as Lasiodiplodia spp. morphologically (Alves et al. 2008). DNA was extracted from fungal mycelia using an OmniPrep DNA extraction kit, and PCR amplification of ITS and EF1-α genes was performed following the conditions described by White et al. (1990) with some modifications using primers ITS1F-F/ITS4-R (Gardes and Bruns, 1993; White et al., 1990) and EF1-668-F/EF1-1251-R (Alves et al., 2008), respectively. The BLASTn in GenBank showed that the sequences obtained had 99.61 to 100% homology with those of ITS (EF622077) and EF1-α (EF622057) from L. pseudotheobromae CBS116459 (an ex-type strain) (Alves et al., 2008). Sequences of the isolates have been deposited in GenBank with accessions OP326017 to OP326021 for ITS, and OP356202 to OP356206 for EF1-α. Phylogenetic analysis showed that these isolates clustered in the same clade (bootstrap value at 64) with L. pseudotheobromae (Fig. S2). Two fungal inoculum types (mycelia and conidia), two fruit inoculation methods (injury and non-injury) and five fungal isolates were used for pathogenicity tests. Fungal mycelia (2-day-old) on PDA plug (5 mm) or 10 µL of conidial suspension (106 spores/mL) was placed onto each injury (1 x 1 mm in size) or a non-injury area on the surfaces of five strawberry fruits (cv. Florida Brilliance). PDA plug alone or water drops placed on injury or non-injury areas on fruits served as respective controls. Inoculated and control fruits were incubated in a covered plastic container with 100% RH at 22ºC. The experiment was repeated twice. Decay initially appeared as soft and lightly discolored tissue at inoculation areas 2 d post-inoculation (dpi) that extended quickly thereafter. Brown to dark lesions on both injury- and non-injury fruits inoculated with conidia or mycelia were observed at 3 dpi. Decay and gray mycelia gradually developed over the whole fruit at 6 dpi, and pycnidia were observed after 14 dpi (Fig. S1). Disease incidence of 100% was observed on all tests. Control fruits did not develop decay. The results indicate that these isolates are pathogenic to strawberries and infect fruit via both non-injured and injured fruit surfaces. The inoculated fungal isolates were re-isolated, thus, fulfilling Koch's postulates. L. theobromae, Neofusicoccum parvum/N. ribis species complex causing strawberry fruit rot in Florida fields was reported (Oliveira et al., 2019), but not L. pseudotheobromae. To our knowledge, this is the first report of postharvest decay caused by L. pseudotheobromae A.J.L. Phillips, A. Alves & Crous on strawberries in Florida and in the USA, and it should be considered in strawberry disease management 
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700 1 |a Yan, Jiaqi  |e verfasserin  |4 aut 
700 1 |a Bai, Jinhe  |e verfasserin  |4 aut 
700 1 |a Hu, Cuifeng  |e verfasserin  |4 aut 
700 1 |a Pan, Tengfei  |e verfasserin  |4 aut 
700 1 |a Carrillo, Yisel J  |e verfasserin  |4 aut 
700 1 |a Cardenas, Daniela E  |e verfasserin  |4 aut 
700 1 |a Cano, Liliana M  |e verfasserin  |4 aut 
700 1 |a Ritenour, Mark A  |e verfasserin  |4 aut 
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