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Sour rot of carrot caused by Geotrichum candidum in Japan

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In September 2002, a severe sour rot was found on roots of postharvest carrots (Daucus carota L. var. sativus Hoffm) in Hokkaido Prefecture. The causal fungus was isolated from rotten carrots and identified as Geotrichum candidum Link. based on its morphology, growth characteristics, assimilation tests, banding pattern using species-specific primers, and sequences of the ITS1-5.8S-ITS2 region of the ribosomal DNA. The fungal isolates caused rot symptoms on inoculated carrot roots similar to those observed in the original samples. This is the first report of sour rot on carrot in Japan.

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  1. Hokkaido Research Organization, Central Agricultural Experiment Station, Kita 15, Higashi 6, Naganuma, Yubari-Gun, Hokkaido, 069-1395, Japan

    Harukuni Horita

  2. Hokkaido Prefectural Sorachi Agricultural Extension Center, Iwamizawa, Hokkaido, 068-0818, Japan

    Yo Hatta

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The nucleotide sequence data reported in this paper are available in the DDBJ/EMBL/GenBank database under accession number LC054542.

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Horita, H., Hatta, Y. Sour rot of carrot caused by Geotrichum candidum in Japan. J Gen Plant Pathol 82, 65–68 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10327-015-0638-3

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