First Report of Neofusicoccum parvum associated with Bark Dieback of Blueberry in Korea

Morphology, Molecular Phylogeny, and Pathogenicity of Neofusicoccum parvum, Associated with Leaf Spot Disease of a New Host, the Japanese Bay Tree (Machilus thunbergii)

“…During our study of forest pathology, we observed a serious disease occurring in the leaves of Machilus thunbergii plants. The pathogen was identified through morphological and molecular approaches by following methods applied earlier [27][28][29][30][31]. Leaf spot disease caused by the fungal pathogen Neofusicoccum parvum has been found in other forest plants, including eucalyptus in Spain, blueberry in Korea, cannabis in Italy, and pine in Australia [13,[27][28][29].…”

“…The pathogen was identified through morphological and molecular approaches by following methods applied earlier [27][28][29][30][31]. Leaf spot disease caused by the fungal pathogen Neofusicoccum parvum has been found in other forest plants, including eucalyptus in Spain, blueberry in Korea, cannabis in Italy, and pine in Australia [13,[27][28][29]. Studies suggest that this pathogen may be a latent pathogen and ubiquitous, being distributed across six continents in 29 countries and 90 plant species.…”

Stem die‐back of highbush blueberries caused by Neofusicoccum parvum in China

“…No symptoms were visible in the control seedlings. N. parvum has been reported as a pathogen causing branch canker on avocado (McDonald et al , 2009), and has also been confirmed on blueberry in Argentina (Wright et al , 2012) and Korea (Choi et al , 2012). To our knowledge, this is the first report of N. parvum on blueberry in China.…”

First Report of Botryosphaeria parva Causing Stem Blight on Rubus crataegifolius in Korea

“…In Korea, B. parva was not reported until 2009 (Kim et al, 2009). In 2012 and 2013, dieback symptoms caused by Neofusicoccum parvum, an anamorphic synonym of B. parva, on blueberries and walnuts has been reported (Cheon et al, 2013;Choi et al, 2012), but there has been no report hitherto that B. parva (N. parvum) was isolated from R. crataegifolius. Thus, this is the first report of stem blight on R. crataegifolius caused by B. parva in Korea.…”