Mycobiology.  2018 Jun;46(2):154-158. 10.1080/12298093.2018.1478220.

First Report of Two Colletotrichum Species Associated with Bitter Rot on Apple Fruit in Korea – C. fructicola and C. siamense

Affiliations
  • 1School of Biological Sciences and Institute of Microbiology, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea.
  • 2Environmentally Friendly Agriculture Division, Chungnam Agricultural Research and Extension Services, Yesan, Korea. hahmsoo@korea.kr

Abstract

Bitter rot caused by the fungal genus Colletotrichum is a well-known, common disease of apple and causes significant yield loss. In 2013, six fungal strains were isolated from Fuji apple fruits exhibiting symptoms of bitter rot from Andong, Korea. These strains were identified as Colletotrichum fructicola and C. siamense based on morphological characteristics and multilocus sequence analysis of the internal transcribed spacer rDNA, actin, calmodulin, chitin synthase, and glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase Pathogenicity tests confirmed the involvement of C. fructicola and C. siamense in the development of disease symptoms on apple fruits. This is the first report of C. fructicola and C. siamense causing bitter rot on apple fruit in Korea.

Keyword

Bitter rot; Colletotrichum fructicola; Colletotrichum siamense; apple

MeSH Terms

Actins
Calmodulin
Chitin Synthase
Colletotrichum*
DNA, Ribosomal
Fruit*
Gyeongsangbuk-do
Korea*
Multilocus Sequence Typing
Oxidoreductases
Virulence
Actins
Calmodulin
Chitin Synthase
DNA, Ribosomal
Oxidoreductases
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