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Neofusicoccum batangarum Causing Dieback of Mango (Mangifera indica) in Florida
- Source :
- Agriculture, Vol 11, Iss 853, p 853 (2021)
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- MDPI AG, 2021.
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Abstract
- Mango (Mangifera indica) is an economically significant crop, and is affected by dieback in nearly all commercial production areas. Due to the wide range of organisms previously associated with these disease symptoms in Florida, isolations and pathogenicity tests were carried out to determine the causal organism. The pathogen was identified as Neofusicoccum batangarum based on genetic sequences from three loci (internal transcribed spacer of the rDNA (ITS), β-tubulin (BT), and translation elongation factor 1-α (EF)), recommended for members of the Botryosphaeriaceae family. Possible infection routes were determined by inoculating wounded and unwounded stems with N. batangarum. Trees wounded prior to pathogen inoculation developed larger lesions (5.85 cm ± 1.51) than unwounded trees (0.51 cm ± 0.48), p < 0.0003. In addition, lesions only developed at a small number of inoculation sites in the absence of wounds (14.3%), compared to 93% when stems were wounded. No necrosis was observed in the negative controls. This study provides molecular data on N. batangarum, and evidence of its role causing mango dieback in Florida.
- Subjects :
- mango
Inoculation
Agriculture (General)
Neofusicoccum batangarum
vascular pathogen
Plant Science
Biology
Botryosphaeriaceae
biology.organism_classification
S1-972
Crop
Horticulture
Mangifera indica
Translation elongation
Mangifera
Internal transcribed spacer
Agronomy and Crop Science
Pathogen
Food Science
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 20770472
- Volume :
- 11
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Agriculture
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....1ccd165b9596e3dfd93b6d7950993046