• The Plant Pathology Journal
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• 제24권3호
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• pp.357-360
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• 2008

Several pathotypes have been recognized in citrus bacterial canker, which causing serious damage in citrus cultivation area. To control the disease, it is important to understand the pathological diversity and reason of difference in virulence of the causal pathogen. We analyzed 124 strains of Xanthomonas causing citrus bacterial canker by southern hybridization with an internal 3.4-kb BamHI fragment from pthA gene. Assuming each band represented an intact gene, each strain of Xanthomonas was estimated to have approximately 1 to 4 copies of pthA gene. X. a. pv. citri A type had more than 3 copies of pthA gene, and the number of pthA gene in X. a. pv. citri $A^*,\;A^w$, and X. a. pv. aurantifolii B, C were different from 1 to 3 according to the strains. When the pthA gene profile was classified into 13 groups according to the number and size of hybridization bands, most of the A types belong to the 3A group, and 4A and 4B type was dominant when they had 4 bands. However, there was no general pattern of difference between the virulence and pthA gene group in this test.

• 식물병연구
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.135-139
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• 2005

한국의 남부지방에 소재하는 대부분의 매실 과수원에서 매실궤양병이 발견되었다. 감염된 나무에서는 과실에 검은 반점과 함께 잎에는 갈색 병반을 보이며, 감염된 줄기나 가지의 균열에서 붉은색의 세균 유출액이 흘러나오는 등 일반적으로 알려져 있는 궤양병의 징후가 나타났다. 16지역에서 분리한 38개 균주에 대하여 생리, 생화학적 특성을 (LOPAT과 GATTa실험)조사하고 16S rDNA 및 ITS 염기서열을 분석함으로써 매실궤앙병의 원인 세균을 동정하였다. 이 결과와 병원성 검정을 통해 한국에서 매실에 궤양병을 일으키는 원인 세균은 Pseudomonas syringae pv. morspnnorum임을 알 수 있었다.

• The Plant Pathology Journal
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• 제35권5호
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• pp.473-485
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• 2019

Kiwifruit (Actinidia spp.) is an economically important crop and a bacterial canker disease, caused by Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae (Psa), is the most destructive disease in kiwifruit production. Therefore, prevent and control of the disease is a critical issue in kiwifruit industry worldwide. Unfortunately, there is no reliable control methods have been developed. Recently, interest in disease control using microbial agents is growing. However, kiwifruit microbiota and their roles in the disease control is mainly remaining unknown. In this study, we secured bacterial libraries from kiwifruit ecospheres (rhizosphere, endospere, and phyllosphere) and screened reliable biocontrol strains against Psa. As the results, Streptomyces racemochromogenes W1SF4, Streptomyces sp. W3SF9 and S. parvulus KPB2 were selected as anti-Psa agents from the libraries. The strains showed forcible antibacterial activity as well as exceptional colonization ability on rhizosphere or phyllosphere of kiwifruit. Genome analyses of the strains suggested that the strains may produce several anti-Psa secondary metabolites. Our results will contribute to develop biocontrol strains against the kiwifruit canker pathogen and the disease management strategies.

• 식물병연구
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• 제28권3호
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• pp.132-142
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• 2022

Plantation forests are established by planting Eucalyptus tree species to provide timber and pulp for the construction industries and to meet the energy needs in Ethiopia. Besides the extensive Eucalyptus plantations in the country, fungal pathogen-related diseases are the main challenges to successful production and management. The disease survey was conducted in the Eucalyptus growing areas of Ethiopia during 2019/2020 and 2020/2021. The objective of this research was to assess the diseases associated with Eucalyptus plant species and identify the causal fungal species. Plants of E. camaldulensis were the dominant species in the survey fields and were severely associated with stem and branch canker diseases. Diseased samples were collected and fungal species were identified as Didymellaceae according to culture morphology and affirmed by internal transcribed spacer sequence analysis. In phylogeny, isolates in the study and a reference strain formed supportive monophyletic clades with strong 90% and 95% support with Didymella coffeae-arabicae and Didymella pinodella respectively. Pathogenicity tests revealed that Didymellaceae could infect E. camaldulensis. The findings are the first reports of Eucalyptus stem canker disease caused by Didymellaceae in Ethiopia.

• The Plant Pathology Journal
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• 제19권5호
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• pp.253-256
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• 2003

Citrus canker disease is caused by bacteria Xanthomonas axonopodis .pv. Citri. Shiranuhi cultivar, a hybrid of Kiyomi tangor and Nakano No.3 ponkan was evaluated for resistance to citrus canker based on initiation of disease, percent area of lesion infected and growth rate of bacteria in the leaf under growth chamber condition. Significant differences between susceptible plant and resistant plants were observed in these assays. Resistant plants showed delayed disease symptoms compared to the susceptible plants after spray inoculation of the pathogen. The resistant verities, satsuma, yuzu, and Shiranuhi showed symptoms after six days where as susceptible, mexican lime showed the symptoms just after three days of inoculation. 18 days after inoculation, percent area of lesions developed on leaf and disease severity differed significantly in susceptible and resistant plants, and were ranked as follows: mexican lime > early satsuma =Shiranuhi =yuzu (P <, 0.01). However, 30 days after inoculation, percent area of lesion was further differentiated into resistant and highly resistant plants. That was ranked as follows: sweet orange> early satsuma =Shiranuhi =Kiyomi > yuzu (P < 0.01). These results indicate that host reaction to the bacterial was more distinct when the disease developed for a longer period. Growth rates of a citrus canker bacterium during 16 40 h also were distinct after infiltration into leaves of susceptible and resistant plants, and were ranked as follows: sweet orange> early satsuma =Shiranuhi =Kiyomi =yuzu (P < 0.01). Based on these results, we concluded that Shiranuhi is resistant to citrus canker as compared to Kiyomi, early satsuma, and yuzu.

• The Plant Pathology Journal
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• 제28권1호
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• pp.55-59
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• 2012

Northern stem canker caused by $Diaporthe$ $phaseolorum$ var. $caulivora$ ($Dpc$) has become a serious disease in soybean. The objectives of this study were to survey the existence of $Dpc$ on soybean in Korea, and to examine the potential pathogenicity of $Dpc$ in seed decay. One such isolate, SSLP-4, isolated from a field-grown plant of the Korean soybean cultivar Danbaekkong, was identified as $Dpc$, based on its morphological and molecular characteristics by sequences of internal transcribed spacer (ITS), translation elongation factor (TEF) 1-${\alpha}$ and ${\beta}$-tubulin regions, as well as pathogenic analyses. Moreover, morphological and molecular analyses revealed that isolate SSLP-4 was nearly identical to $Dpc$ strains from the United States. Pathogenicity tests on hypocotyls of soybean seedlings and detached leaves resulted in typical symptoms of soybean northern stem canker and inoculation on plants at R5-R7 stage caused seed decay. All results suggest that the $Dpc$ strain SSLP-4 can cause both stem canker and seed decay on soybean. Thus, the SSLP-4 isolate has the potential to contribute greatly to understanding of host plant resistance mechanisms, both at vegetative and reproductive growth stages in soybean.

• 식물병연구
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.1-18
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• 2017

키위 궤양병균인 Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae는 최근 전세계에서 심각하게 경제적 손실을 초래하고 있다. 궤양병균은 우리나라에서 그린키위와 골드키위 품종들을 각각 1988년과 2006년부터 침해해왔다. 최근에는 오염된 수입꽃가루에 의해 유입된 궤양병균 biovar 3 (Psa3)가 주변 키위 재배 농가로 2차감염에 의해 급속하게 확산되어 골드키위와 레드키위 품종들에 대발생하여 피해를 주고 있다. 이 총설에서는 지난 30년간 수행한 연구 업적과 현장 경험 그리고 세계적인 주요 연구 산물들을 기초로 하여 궤양병 발생 회피, 경종적 방제, 궤양병균의 전파 차단, 조기 진단, 전염원 제거, 침입 차단, 약제 방제, 나무 치료 등 다양한 키위 궤양병 관리방법들을 요약하여 장차 키위나무를 건강하게 재배할 수 있도록 농가에서 실용적으로 사용할 수 있는 매뉴얼을 제시하고자 한다.

• 한국식물병리학회지
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.9-16
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• 1995

Undiluted neoasozin solution (6.5% a.i.), an arsenic fungicide, was sprayed on 169 cankers of apple trees from early March to September in 1987 twice at intervals of one week without scraping off the affected barks. Among the treated cankers, 79.9% ceased to grow within 1∼7 weeks, 13.0% showed partial development, and 7.1% grew continuously to girdle the branches. The partially developed cankers, however, could also be cured by an additional spray after slightly piercing at the edge of cankers to facilitate the penetration of the chemical. When the canker growth was blocked, cankers were encircled by cracks developed at the marginal area of the cankers. If the cracks developed once, very few cankers grew beyond them. The above results suggest that the crack development may be the consequence of the host defense activity to wall off the pathogen. In addition to the curative efficacy, the neoasozin solution inhibited sporulation of the pathogenic fungus almost completely. However, the pathogen survived for more than three months in some cankers that externally appeared to be cured, suggesting that an indirect mode of action of the chemical against apple Valsa canker seems to be still more persuasive than the direct fungicidal effect. In the final examination conducted in the mid April of the next year, 72.7% of the cankers were completely cured by the two successive neoasozin treatments. Moreover the cure rate became 83.1% if that of partially developed cankers which were also completely cured by an additional treatment was also taken into account. Since 1989 when this method was widely applied in apple orchards in Korea, apple Valsa canker has been effectively controlled to reach a tolerable level.

• The Plant Pathology Journal
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• 제32권6호
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• pp.545-551
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• 2016

A bacterial pathogen, Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae (Psa), is a causal agent of kiwifruit bacterial canker worldwide. Psa biovar 3 (Psa3) was first detected in 2011 at an orchard in Dodeok-myeon, Goheung-gun, Jeonnam Province in Korea. In this study, we present the results of an epidemiological study regarding Psa3 occurrence on kiwifruit orchards in Korea for the period of 2013 to 2015. Since the first detection of Psa3 in 2011, there was no further case reported by 2013. However, Psa3 was rapidly spreading to 33 orchards in 2014; except for three orchards in Sacheon-si, Gyeongnam Province, most cases were reported in Jeju Island. Entering 2015, bacterial canker by Psa3 became a pandemic in Korea, spreading to 72 orchards in Jeju Island, Jeonnam, and Gyeongnam Provinces. Our epidemiological study indicated that the first Psa3 incidence in 2011 might result from an introduction of Psa3 through imported seedlings from China in 2006. Apart from this, it was estimated that most Psa3 outbreaks from 2014 to 2015 were caused by pollens imported from New Zealand and China for artificial pollination. Most kiwifruit cultivars growing in Korea were infected with Psa3; yellow-fleshed cultivars (Yellow-king, Hort16A, Enza-gold, Zecy-gold, and Haegeum), red-fleshed cultivars (Hongyang and Enza-Red), green-fleshed cultivars (Hayward and Daeheung), and even a kiwiberry (Skinny-green). However, susceptibility to canker differed among cultivars; yellow- and red-fleshed cultivars showed much more severe symptoms compared to the green-fleshed cultivars of kiwifruit and a kiwiberry.

• 식물병연구
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• 제24권4호
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• pp.342-347
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• 2018

Clavibacter michiganensis는 토마토에 궤양병을 일으키는 식물병원성 세균으로 인공배지에서 자라는 속도가 매우 느리기 때문에 감염조직으로부터 병원균을 분리 배양하는 방법을 통해서는 진단하기가 쉽지 않다. 또한 토마토 궤양병균은 식물체 내에서 오랜 잠복기를 거친 후에 병징을 나타내기 때문에 방제하기 어려운 세균병 중에 하나이므로 발병 시 신속한 진단을 통해 빠른 방제가 이루어져야 한다. 본 연구에서는 토마토 궤양병균의 검출을 위한 특이 프라이머를 제작함으로써 감염 식물체의 direct PCR을 통해 토마토 궤양병에 대한 빠르고 정확한 진단이 가능하도록 하였다. 새로 개발된 CmmF와 CmmR 프라이머 세트로 PCR을 수행했을 때, 토마토 궤양병균의 16-23S ribosomal RNA intergenic spacer 영역에서 약 165 bp의 단일 밴드가 특이적으로 증폭되었다. 반면에 토마토 궤양병균과 유연관계에 있는 고추 궤양병균이나 다른 Clavibacter 종 세균에서는 전혀 증폭되지 않는 것을 확인할 수 있었다. 이 방법은 감염 식물체로부터 DNA를 추출하지 않더라도 감염조직의 즙액에서 바로 토마토 궤양병균의 DNA 증폭이 가능하고 총 진단시간을 줄일 수 있다는 이점이 있기 때문에 토마토 궤양병의 진단에 유용하게 사용될 수 있을 것으로 판단된다.