Reprint of “Molecular and phenotypic characterization of pathogenic fungal strains isolated from ginseng root rot”

• Published in: Physiological and molecular plant pathology Vol. 105; pp. 28 - 33
• Main Authors: Durairaj, Kaliannan, Velmurugan, Palanivel, Vedhanayakisri, Kaliyappan Amballandi, Chang, Woo-Suk, Senthilkumar, Palaninaicker, Choi, Kyung-Min, Lee, Jeong-Ho, Oh, Byung-Taek
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 01.01.2019
• Subjects: Fungal morphology; Korean ginseng root; Molecular approach; Pathogenicity; Pathogenicity; Molecular approach; Korean ginseng root; Fungal morphology
• ISSN: 0885-5765; 1096-1178
• DOI: 10.1016/j.pmpp.2018.11.005

In the present study, we investigated the diversity of pathogenic fungal strain isolated from infected Korean ginseng root rot and tested their morphology, molecular characterization, and pathogenic impact. From the results, we have identified different shapes of fungal conidia such as cylindrical, conical, bell and convex shape. The molecular identification of fungal strains was characterized based on partial ITS sequence analysis and it was published in National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI). Among them totally eleven strains, eight were pathogens, and three were endophytic strains. Our conclusions suggest that pathogenic fungi have different communities and structures than non-pathogenic fungi. [Display omitted] •Eleven different pathogenic fungi species have been screened from the ginseng root rot.•The isolate have been characterized by molecular approach and sequence were submitted in NCBI.•Among eight stains have higher pathogenic impact.