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Dactylonectria species associated with black root rot of strawberry in China

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Strawberry seedlings from greenhouses in different districts of Beijing started showing symptoms of black root rot in 2014, and the diseased plants were collected between 2015 and 2017. Forty-six Dactylonectria isolates were obtained from the root samples, among which five representative isolates were further identified based on morphological characteristics and multi-locus sequence of four loci, internal transcribed spacer region of nuclear rDNA (ITS), β-tubulin (tub2), histone H3 (his3) and translation elongation factor 1-alpha (tef1). Amongst them, three isolates were identified as D. novozelandica, one was D. torresensis and one D. pauciseptata. Pathogenicity tests confirmed that all isolates were pathogenic to strawberry (cultivar Benihope) and produced black root rot symptoms. This study is the first report of Dactylonectria species causing black root rot of strawberries in China, as well as D. novozelandica and D. pauciseptata in the world.

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    Q. Chen

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    S. L. Yin, X. G. Zhang, S. Zhong & G. Z. Zhang

  3. College of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang, 110866, Liaoning, China

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Chen, Q., Yin, S.L., Zhang, X.G. et al. Dactylonectria species associated with black root rot of strawberry in China. Australasian Plant Pathol. 50, 501–511 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13313-021-00804-1

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