Abstract
Stem blight of brunfelsia (Brunfelsia calycina) caused by Fusarium oxysporum was found in greenhouse around Sungnam area, Kyunggi province, Korea in September 2001. The initial infection appeared as a slight wilting of the foliage, turned yellow from the lower leaves. The yellowing leaves were falled, resulting in blight of stem and eventual death of the entire plant. The vascular tissue of a diseased plants became dark brown and browning of the vascular system was a characteristic of the disease and the pith remained healthy, Isolates obtained from the lesions of the diseased plant were identified as F. oxysporum, based on the morphological characteristics of conidia. Symptom by artificial inoculation was same to the symptom of naturally infected plants. This is the first report demonstrating the stem blight on a brunfelsia caused by F. oxysporum in Korea, and we proposed to name this disease "stem blight of brunfelsia".
2001년 9월 경기도 성남시 분화용 브룬펠지아에서 F. oxysporum에 의한 줄기마름병이 발생하였다. 처음에는 생육이 부진하고 아래 잎부터 누렇게 변색되며, 줄기가 마르고 심한 경우 나무 전체가 말라죽는다. 병든 식물체의 줄기를 잘라보면 줄기 내부의 도관부가 갈색 내지 암갈색으로 변하는 것이 특징이었다. 병원균을 분리하여 형태적·배양적 특징을 조사한 결과 F. oxysporum으로 동정되었으며 병원성 검정 결과 자연상태와 동일한 병징을 확인할 수 있었으므로 이 병을 Fusarium oxysporum에 의한 브룬펠지아 줄기마름병으로 명명할 것을 제안한다.
