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Abstract White stain symptoms were observed on the 05 apple varieties during the harvest season in India. The white stain appearance is due to the predominance of dense bunches of… Click to show full abstract
Abstract White stain symptoms were observed on the 05 apple varieties during the harvest season in India. The white stain appearance is due to the predominance of dense bunches of conidiophores and conidia. In samples collected from the 39 infected plants, a new pathogenic fungal species, Trichothecium kashmeriana sp.nov. has been isolated. The morphological and molecular mycotaxonomic characterisation revealed by double beam scanning electron microscopy followed by rDNA barcoding sequence analysis of Internal Transcribed Spacer region followed by the phylogenetic interpretations, marks the evolution of T. kashmeriana sp.nov. with genetic variance of 0.06 from the closely related species under the geographically distinct conditions. The pathogen is having a dramatic lethal effect on the natural populations of apple in India.
Journal Title: Archives of Phytopathology and Plant Protection
Year Published: 2017
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