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The First Report of Postharvest Stem Rot of Kohlrabi Caused by Sclerotinia sclerotiorum in Korea

  • Kim, Joon-Young (Department of Plant Science, Gangneung-Wonju National University) ;
  • Aktaruzzaman, Md. (Department of Plant Science, Gangneung-Wonju National University) ;
  • Afroz, Tania (Department of Plant Science, Gangneung-Wonju National University) ;
  • Hahm, Young-Il (Daegwallyong Horticultural Cooperative) ;
  • Kim, Byung-Sup (Department of Plant Science, Gangneung-Wonju National University)
  • Received : 2014.09.10
  • Accepted : 2014.10.13
  • Published : 2014.12.31
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Abstract

In March 2014, a kohlrabi stem rot sample was collected from the cold storage room of Daegwallyong Horticultural Cooperative, Korea. White and fuzzy mycelial growth was observed on the stem, symptomatic of stem rot disease. The pathogen was isolated from the infected stem and cultured on potato dextrose agar for further fungal morphological observation and to confirm its pathogenicity, according to Koch's postulates. Morphological data, pathogenicity test results, and rDNA sequences of internal transcribed spacer regions (ITS 1 and 4) showed that the postharvest stem rot of kohlrabi was caused by Sclerotinia sclerotiorum. This is the first report of postharvest stem rot of kohlrabi in Korea.

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