Fusarium mangiferae associated with mango malformation in the Sultanate of Oman

• Published in: European journal of plant pathology Vol. 121; no. 2; pp. 195 - 199
• Main Authors: Kvas, M, Steenkamp, E. T, Al Adawi, A. O, Deadman, M. L, Al Jahwari, A. A, Marasas, W. F. O, Wingfield, B. D, Ploetz, R. C, Wingfield, M. J
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands 01.06.2008; Springer Netherlands; Springer; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Agriculture; Biological and medical sciences; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Ecology; Fruits; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Fungal plant pathogens; Gibberella fujikuroi complex; Life Sciences; Pathogens; Phytopathology. Animal pests. Plant and forest protection; Plant diseases; Plant Pathology; Plant Sciences; Short Communication; Translation elongation factor 1α; β-tubulin; Asia; Oman; β-tubulin; complex; Translation elongation factor 1α; Ascomycota; Gibberella fujikuroi; Plant pathology; Microbiology; Plant pathogen; Nucleotide sequence; Elongation factor; Gibberella fujikuroi complex· Translation elongation factor 1α; Genetic translation; Fungi; Plant; Tubulin; Morphology; Fusarium; Fungi Imperfecti
• ISSN: 0929-1873; 1573-8469
• DOI: 10.1007/s10658-007-9231-8

Mango malformation, caused by Fusarium mangiferae, represents the most important floral disease of mango. The first symptoms of this disease were noticed in the beginning of 2005 in plantations at Sohar in the Sultanate of Oman. The affected inflorescences were abnormally enlarged and branched with heavy and dried-out panicles. Based on morphology and DNA-sequence data for the genes encoding translation elongation factor 1α and β-tubulin, the pathogen associated with these symptoms was identified as F. mangiferae.