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First report of celery stunt anthracnose caused by Colletotrichum simmondsii in Japan

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A new disease was found in Japan, on celery (Apium graveolens var. dulce) having severe chlorotic leaf spot, stunt, and dwarf with leaf curl. A spore suspension from the fungus isolated from affected plants induced identical symptoms 14 days after plants were sprayed. Identification and molecular characterization showed that the causal agent is Colletotrichum simmondsii. This report is the first of stunt anthracnose on celery caused by C. simmondsii. We propose the name “stunt anthracnose” for the new disease. Colletotrichum acutatum sensu lato, as reference pathogen of celery anthracnose, should be changed to C. fioriniae based on morphological and molecular characteristics.

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We thank Dr. T. Kanto of the Hyogo Prefectural Technology Center for Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries for technical advice.

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  1. Nagano Vegetable and Ornamental Crops Experiment Station, So-ga, Tokoo, Shiojiri, Nagano, 399-6461, Japan

    Masashi Fujinaga, Naho Yamagishi & Hideki Ogiso

  2. Tokyo Metropolitan Agricultural Forestry Research Center, 3-8-1 Fujimi-cho, Tachikawa, Tokyo, 190-0013, Japan

    Jun Takeuchi

  3. Horticultural Research Institute, Toyama Prefectural Agricultural, Forestry and Fisheries Research Center, Goromaru, Tonami, 939-1327, Japan

    Jouji Moriwaki

  4. National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Tsukuba, Ibaragi, 305-8602, Japan

    Toyozo Sato

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Correspondence to Masashi Fujinaga.

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The nucleotide sequence data reported here are available in the DDBJ/EMBL/GenBank databases under accession numbers AB618089, AB618090, AB618091 and AB618092, and the fungal isolates examined were deposited in NIAS Genebank as MAFF242590 and MAFF242591.

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Fujinaga, M., Yamagishi, N., Ogiso, H. et al. First report of celery stunt anthracnose caused by Colletotrichum simmondsii in Japan. J Gen Plant Pathol 77, 243–247 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10327-011-0319-9

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