TITLE:
First Report of a Postharvest Fruit Rot on Apple Caused by Diaporthe phaseolorum var. caulivora in China: A Note
AUTHORS:
Yuanzhi Chen, Quan Zhou, Yangying Sun, Ran Li, Yaoyao Liu, Ting Zhou
KEYWORDS:
Apple, Postharvest Pathogen, ITS-rDNA, Diaporthe phaseolorum var. caulivora
JOURNAL NAME:
American Journal of Plant Sciences,
Vol.11 No.10,
October
28,
2020
ABSTRACT: Brown rots of Red Fuji apples were observed in
Hangzhou city (Zhengjiang Province, China). The causal agent was isolated and
identified in both morphological and molecular genetic levels. The phenotype
and phylogenetic analysis revealed that the isolate was Diaporthe phaseolorum var. caulivora,
and its pathogenicity on apple fruit was confirmed by re-inoculation
experiment. To our knowledge, this is the first report of D. phaseolorum var. caulivora causing postharvest fruit rot on apple in China.