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First report of Verticillium tricorpus isolated from potato tubers in Japan

Year: 2003

Type: article

Abstract: In 1998, Verticillium sp. (CE98Vt1 and CE98Vt2) were isolated from discolored vascular structures of potato tubers sold at a market in Chiba Prefecture. These isolates were identified as Verticillium tricorpus on the basis of cultural and morphological characteristics and PCR diagnosis. This observed vascular discoloration of the potato tuber was demonstrated in three cultivars (Touya, Toyoshiro, and Waseshiro) among eight cultivars by inoculation to seedlings. External and internal symptoms of these isolates were not distinct in potato plants. The virulence of these isolates to potato was very low as compared with Verticillium dahliae. These two isolates were not pathogenic to Chinese cabbage, eggplant, green pepper, larkspur, parsley, snapdragon, soybean, tobacco, and tomato. This is the first report of V. tricorpus from potato in Japan.

Source: Mycoscience

DOI: 10.47371/mycosci.myc44481

Authors: Yoshiyuki Ebihara, Seiji Uematsu, Hideyuki Nagao, Jyoji Moriwaki, Etsuo Kimishima

Institutions: Chiba Prefectural Agriculture and Forestry Research Center, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, Niigata Agricultural Research Institute, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Yokohama Plant Protection Station

Language: English

Topic: Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases

Subfield: Plant Science

Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Domain: Life Sciences

SDG: Zero hunger

Open Access status: bronze

Funders: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Chiba University