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Phytophthora × pelgrandis causes root and collar rot of Lavandula stoechas in Italy

Faedda, Roberto and Cacciola, Santa Olga and Pane, Antonella and Szigethy, András and Bakonyi, József (2013) Phytophthora × pelgrandis causes root and collar rot of Lavandula stoechas in Italy. Plant Disease, 97 (8). pp. 1091-1096. ISSN 0191-2917

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Abstract

In 2007, Phytophthora isolates with atypical morphological and biological characteristics were found associated with root and collar rot of potted plants of Stoechas lavender (Lavandula stoechas) in an ornamental nursery in Italy. A polyphasic approach, including morphological and cultural observations, sequencing the ITS-rDNA region, the Pheca and the mitochondrial coxI genes, multiplex PCRs with primers specific for P. nicotianae or P. cactorum, as well as random amplified polymorphic DNA–polymerase chain reaction, was used to characterize these isolates. On the basis of morpho-cultural and molecular analyses, the isolates from Stoechas lavender were identified as Phytophthora × pelgrandis, a natural hybrid of P. nicotianae × P. cactorum previously reported in other European countries, the Americas, and Taiwan, as a pathogen of ornamentals and loquat plants. In pathogenicity tests using potted plants of Stoechas lavender, the P. × pelgrandis isolates, similarly to the parental species P. nicotianae, induced the symptoms observed on plants with natural infections and were reisolated only from artificially inoculated plants. Dispersal of P. × pelgrandis on this host could exacerbate the damage caused by Phytophthora root and collar rot, of which the main causal agent presently is P. nicotianae on lavender in Europe. Application of hygienic measures is important to reduce the proliferation and spread of the Phytophthora hybrids.

Item Type: Article
Subjects: Q Science / természettudomány > QK Botany / növénytan
SWORD Depositor: MTMT SWORD
Depositing User: MTMT SWORD
Date Deposited: 31 Jan 2014 15:11
Last Modified: 31 Jan 2014 15:11
URI: http://real.mtak.hu/id/eprint/9527

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