Mango Malformation Disease in South China Caused by Fusarium proliferatum

• Published in: Journal of phytopathology Vol. 158; no. 11-12; pp. 721 - 725
• Main Authors: Zhan, Ru-Lin, Yang, Shun-Jin, Ho, Hon-Hing, Liu, Feng, Zhao, Yan-Long, Chang, Jin-Mei, He, Yan-Biao
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.12.2010; Blackwell
• Subjects: abnormal plant growth; Agar; Biological and medical sciences; Chlamydospores; Colonies; Conidia; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Fungal plant pathogens; Fusarium proliferatum; Gibberella intermedia; Heads; Huapinh County; Leaves; Malformation disease; Mangifera indica; Nucleotide sequence; Oryza sativa; Panzhihua City; Pathogens; Phytopathology. Animal pests. Plant and forest protection; Pigments; Seedlings; Sichuan Province; Solanum tuberosum; Sucrose; tropical disease; Yunnan Province; Asia; China; Plant pathology; Plant pathogen; abnormal plant growth; Mangifera indica; Yunnan Province; Fungi; tropical disease; Plant; Huapinh County; Sichuan Province; Dicotyledones; Angiospermae; Spermatophyta; Fruit tree; Fungi Imperfecti; Gibberella intermedia; Anacardiaceae; Panzhihua City

A total of 13 Fusarium isolates were obtained from samples of malformed mango seedlings from Yunnan and Sichuan provinces in China, and five morphologically similar isolates were confirmed causing the disease by satisfying Koch’s postulates. One typical isolate (MG4) was selected for detailed morpho...