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http://dx.doi.org/10.5423/RPD.2007.13.1.053

Occurrence of Fruit Rot of Pumpkin Caused by Sclerotium rolfsii  

Kwon, Jin-Hyeuk (Gyeongsangnam-do Agricultural Research and Extension Services)
Shen, Shun-Shan (College of Plant Protection. Henan Agricultural University)
Chae, Yun-Seok (Department of Horticultural Science, Jinju National University)
Park, Chang-Seuk (College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Gyeongsang National University)
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Research in Plant Disease / v.13, no.1, 2007 , pp. 53-56 More about this Journal
Abstract
The fruit rot of pumpkin caused by Sclerotium rolfsii occurred sporadically at Gyeongsangnam-do Agricultural Research and Extension Services, Korea in 2004 and 2005. The typical symptom of the disease included water-soaking, fruit rotting and wilting. White mycelial mats were spread over infected fruits and then sclerotia were formed on the lesions and near soil surface. The sclerotia were globoid in shape, 1$\sim$3 mm in size and white to brown in color. The optimum temperature for mycelial growth and sclerotia formation was at $30^{\circ}C$ on PDA and the hyphal width ranged from 4 to 8 ${\mu}m$. The typical clamp connections were observed in the hyphae of the fungus grown on PDA. On the basis of mycological characteristics and pathogenicity to host plants, this fungus was identified as Sclerotium rolfsii Saccardo. This is the first report on the fruit rot of Cucurbita spp. caused by S. rolfsii in Korea.
Keywords
Fruit rot; Pumpkin; Sclerotium rolfsii;
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