Comparison of Susceptibility of Asparagus (Asparagus officinalis L.) Plantlets and Seedlings to Different Fusarium Speices

아스파라거스(Asparagus officinalis L.) 유묘와 기내배양 식물체의 Fusarium species에 대한 감수성 비교

Comparison of susceptibility of asparagus (Asparagus officinalis L.) seedlings and plantlets to different fusarial species was made to determine whether in vitro propagated asparagus plantlets can be used as a substitute for seedlings in histopathological study on the infection processes of Fusarium species to asparagus. Fusarium oxysporum was isolated most frequently (50% of the total) from lesions of root and crown rot of asparagus cultivated in the field followed by F. moniliforme (8.8% of the total) and F. solani (2.9% of the total). Plantlets and seedlings of all asparagus were susceptible to f. moniliforme and F. oxysporum isolates, but those were not susceptible to both avirulent F. oxysporum (AVFO) and F. solani in pathogenicity tests. Overall, there were no differences between seedlings and plantlets in the susceptibility to virulent fusarial infections. In vitro propagated asparagus plantlets, therefore, could be used as a substitute for seedlings in histopathological study on the infection processes of Fuasrium species to asparagus.