First Report of Fusarium proliferatum Infecting Carnation (Dianthus caryophyllus L.) in China

Abstract

In 2011, a wilt disease has been detected on carnation (Dianthus caryophyllus L.) cultivar 'Light Pink Barbara' in Kunming, Yunnan, China. A Fusarium sp. was consistently recovered from pieces of symptomatic tissues on Petri dishes containing potato dextrose agar (PDA). On the basis of morphological characteristics and molecular identification by DNA sequencing of ribosomal DNA internal transcribed spacer (rDNA ITS) and partial translation elongation factor-1a (TEF) gene region, following their phylogenetic trees construction, the putative causal agent was identified as Fusarium proliferatum (Matsushima) Nirenberg, and its pathogenicity was finally confirmed by Koch's postulates. To our knowledge, this is the first report of a wilt disease caused by F. proliferatum on carnation in China.

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“…2). Thus, these results support the preliminary morphological identifi cation of the fungus as F. proliferatum (Leslie and Summerell, 2006;Zhang et. al., 2013;Aoki et al, 2014).…”

“…However, the pathogen causing this disease has not been previously investigated in Iraq. Thus, this study aims the description of microconidia provided by Ichikawa, and Aoki (2000), Zhang et. al.…”

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“…Chlamydospores were absent. Morphological characteristics matched F. proliferatum (Zhang et al 2013).…”

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“…The knowledge about the occurrence of Fusarium pathogens on various perennial plants in temperate climate (including cultivated and non-cultivated species) has been rather scarce. Some of the reports published were focused on tropical fruit crops, including banana, date palm, mango, and pineapple [ 8 , 19 , 20 , 28 , 29 ] and ornamental plants [ 30 ]. A. officinalis L. is another perennial crop that can serve as a host to a range of fungal species, and the incidence and frequencies of individual Fusarium species on cultivated asparagus plants has been studied for many years [ 6 , 7 , 18 , 31 , 32 ].…”