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Survival of strawberry-pathogenic fungi Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. fragariae, Phytophthora cactorum and Verticillium dahliae under anaerobic conditions

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The growth and survival of three strawberry pathogens, Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. fragariae (FOF), Phytophthora cactorum, and Verticillium dahliae, were examined in anaerobic (anoxic) conditions at several temperatures (10–40 °C). The growth and survival of these fungi were suppressed by anaerobic conditions in comparison with those in cultured aerobically. Under anaerobic conditions at 22.5 °C, tested isolates of FOF and P. cactorum grew slightly, but V. dahliae did not grow. The three fungi survive for markedly shorter time in the anaerobic conditions compared with the aerobic conditions at all tested temperatures except 40 °C for FOF and P. cactorum. Moreover, survival periods shortened as the cultivation temperature increased. These results demonstrate that anaerobic conditions contribute to eradicating these pathogens during flooding or reductive soil disinfestation.

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We are grateful to M. Kanda and C. Kubo (Chiba Prefectural Agriculture and Forestry Research Center) for useful advice for this study and to A. Shinmura (Hokkaido Prefectural Dohnan Agriculture Experiment Station), H. Kanno (Miyagi Prefectural Horticulture Experiment Station) and M. Mori (Kagawa Prefectural Agriculture Experiment Station) for providing fungal strains. This study was supported in part by a Grant-in-Aid for The Research and Development Projects for Application in Promoting New Policy of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, funded by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of Japan.

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Ebihara, Y., Uematsu, S. Survival of strawberry-pathogenic fungi Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. fragariae, Phytophthora cactorum and Verticillium dahliae under anaerobic conditions. J Gen Plant Pathol 80, 50–58 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10327-013-0476-0

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