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KMID : 0379120170450010074
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Korean Journal of Mycology
2017 Volume.45 No. 1 p.74 ~ p.82
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Characterization of Fusarium solani Causing Fusarium Root Rot of Lisianthus in Korea
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Choi Hyo-Won
Hong Sung-Kee
Lee Young-Kee
Kim Jeom-Soon
Lee Jae-Geum
Kim Hyo-Won
Kang Eun-Hye
Lee Eun-Hyeong
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Abstract
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Lisianthus (Eustoma grandiflorum) is a flowering ornamental plant used widely in Korea. In 2015, wilting, damping-off, stunting, and root rot symptoms were observed in lisianthus plants of Yeoju and Gimhae, Korea. Affected seedlings appeared yellow and showed poor development of root systems in the field and in nursery boxes. Furthermore, affected plants were yellow, stunted, and died at approximately 2?3 months after transplanting. species were consistently isolated from the basal stems of diseased plants. Nine isolates were identified as based on morphological characteristics. Macroconidia of isolates were relatively wide, straight-to-slightly curved, and microconidia formed in false heads on long monophialides. Abundant chlamydospores were produced at the middle or tips of hyphae. To confirm this identification, a molecular analysis of the translation elongation factor 1 alpha (TEF) and RNA polymerase II subunit (RPB2) genes was conducted. The sequences of TEF and RPB2 showed 99.2?99.9% and 98.0?98.1% similarity, respectively, to those of reference F. strains in NCBI GenBank. Pathogenicity was tested using root dipping inoculation of healthy lisianthus seedlings. Symptoms were observed within 7 days of inoculation only in inoculated plants. This is the first report of F. causing root rot on lisianthus in Korea.
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KEYWORD
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Fusarium root rot, Fusarium solani, Lisianthus
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