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http://dx.doi.org/10.5423/RPD.2006.12.2.069

Occurrence of Freesia Basal Rot Caused by Sclerotium sp.  

Lee Sang-Yeob (Division of Plant Pathology, National Institute of Agricultural Science and Technology, Rural Development Administration)
Ryu Jae-Gee (Research Policy Planning Division, Research Management Bureau, RDA)
Kim Yong-Ki (Division of Plant Pathology, National Institute of Agricultural Science and Technology, Rural Development Administration)
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Research in Plant Disease / v.12, no.2, 2006 , pp. 69-74 More about this Journal
Abstract
Basal rot of freesia caused by a Sclerotium sp. occurred at Incheon areas. Incidence of the disease reached up to 45% and averaged 17.0% in the fields. Typical symptoms consisted of sheath dry and leaf blight due to rots on basal leaves. The causal fungus was identified as Sclerotium sp. based on following mycological characteristics. The fungus formed sclerotia on cultural media and plant tissues, but did not produce asexual spores. On cultural medium, aerial mycelia of the fungus changed color from white to clay with cultural age and smelled musty odor. Numerous irregular and elliptical black microsclerotia of the fungus were formed on potato dextrose agar (PDA) after 5 days of incubation at $25^{\circ}C$ and sized $115{\sim}200{\times}95{\sim}150 (av. 145{\sim}126.5){\mu}m$. The fungus grew at $10{\sim}32^{\circ}C$ and $pH 4.0{\sim}8.5$. However, the optimal temperature and pH for mycelial growth of the fungus were $24^{\circ}C$ and 5.5 respectively. The isolate showed present pathogenicity to not only freesia but gladiolus in the pathogenicity test, and the symptoms were similar to those observed in the fields. Basal rot of freesia caused by Sclerotium sp. is firstly reported in Korea.
Keywords
Basal rot; Freesia (Freesia hybrida); Sclerotium sp.;
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