Diversity of <Emphasis Type="Italic">Fusarium</Emphasis> species associated with root rot of sugar beet in China |
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| Authors: | Sha Cao Naibo Yang Can Zhao Jia Liu Chenggui Han Xuehong Wu |
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| Institution: | 1.Department of Plant Pathology,China Agricultural University,Beijing,China;2.Chongqing Key Laboratory of Economic Plant Biotechnology, Collaborative Innovation Centre of Special Plant Industry in Chongqing, College of Forestry and Life Science, Institute of Special Plants,Chongqing University of Arts and Sciences,Chongqing,China |
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| Abstract: | Sugar beet is widely grown throughout the world and represents the second largest crop used to produce sugar. Root rot in sugar beet, caused by Fusarium, significantly reduces yield, juice purity, and sugar concentration. Here, 307 Fusarium isolates were collected from sugar beet roots exhibiting typical root rot symptoms in eight provinces or autonomous regions of China from 2009 to 2012. Based on morphological characteristics and sequence data of the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region of ribosomal DNA (rDNA) and the translation elongation factor 1α (EF-1α), Fusarium oxysporum (38.4%) was identified as the most prevalent species, followed by F. solani (20.9%), and F. equiseti (18.9%). These three species were widely distributed in all eight of the provinces and autonomous regions. F. tricinctum (5.9%), F. brachygibbosum (4.6%), F. redolens (3.3%), F. proliferatum (3.3%), F. graminearum (2.3%), F. verticillioides (1.6%), F. nygamai (0.7%), and F. culmorum (0.3%) were less frequently obtained. Of the 307 Fusarium isolates, 117 representing different species and geographic locations were demonstrated to cause tip rot and vascular discoloration in sugar beet roots, with disease incidence ranging from 84.2 to 100.0% and disease index ranging from 41.94 to 75.83. This is the first detailed report of Fusarium species, in particular F. tricinctum, F. brachygibbosum, F. redolens, F. proliferatum, F. nygamai, and F. culmorum, causing sugar beet root rot in China. |
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