Abstract
An unknown disease abruptly appeared on hydroponic cultures of common ice plant (Mesembryanthemum crystallinum) in the greenhouse, causing catastrophic damage. Although the symptoms of the plant were unlike typical Botrytis lesions on leaves and stems of other plants, fungi isolated from the necrotic lesions on the plant were similar to genus Botrytis in terms of conidial shape, colony color and nature. A representative isolate, Ice-2, caused similar symptoms on the host plants after inoculation with conidia, and the same fungus was isolated from the lesions. The conidia and conidiophores of Ice-2 were morphologically similar to those of B. cinerea but not to those of B. allii, B. fabae or B. squamosa. The tested Botrytis fungi grew at temperatures between 5 and 30°C. Ice-2 grew faster than the others at the lower end of the temperature range. Ice-2 was also more virulent than B. cinerea (Bay-1) in artificial inoculations, especially on common ice plant leaves. The glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase gene (G3PDH) sequence of Ice-2 was determined and compared with those from four Botrytis species. The gene sequence of Ice-2 appeared to be identical to that of B. cinerea. In leaf tests on common ice plant and kidney bean, the diseases caused by Ice-2 and Bay-1 were controlled equally well by the primary Botrytis fungicides. Based on the results of the present studies, Ice-2 is thought to be Botrytis cinerea Person: Fries.
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Maeda, K., Kurahashi, Y., Ohsato, S. et al. Appearance of a new leaf rot disease on common ice plant. J Gen Plant Pathol 76, 303–309 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10327-010-0250-5
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