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Pathogenicity to Potato Tubers of Fusarium spp. Isolated from Potato, Cereal and Forage Crops

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Potatoes are commonly grown in rotation with cereal and forage crops. Storage trials were conducted in Prince Edward Island, Canada from 2002 to 2004 to determine whether isolates of Fusarium spp. obtained from cereals or forages were able to cause disease (dry rot) in stored potato tubers. In each year of study, tubers of the cultivars ‘Red Norland’, ‘Yukon Gold’ and ‘Russet Burbank’ were wounded and then inoculated with an agar plug containing active mycelium of one of the 30 isolates tested. Following incubation for 5 weeks in a storage facility, tubers were cut longitudinally at the point of inoculation and the depth of necrosis measured. Isolates of F. sambucinum, F. coeruleum and F. avenaceum originating from potato tubers were strongly pathogenic to inoculated potato tubers. Isolates of F. oxysporum f.sp. medicaginis sourced from alfalfa were nonpathogenic to potato tubers, however, isolates of F. avenaceum from alfalfa and clover and F. oxysporum from clover were pathogenic to potatoes. Isolates of F. poae and F. sporotrichioides sourced from cereals were nonpathogenic and weakly pathogenic, respectively, to inoculated tubers. All isolates of F. graminearum (obtained from cereal crops) that were tested were pathogenic to potato tubers. Thus, crops grown in rotation with potatoes may harbour Fusarium spp. that can act as pathogens in subsequent potato crops.

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Las papas generalmente se cultivan en rotación con cereales y forrajes. Las pruebas de almacenamiento se realizaron en la Isla Prince Eduard, Canadá de 2002 a 2004 para determinar si los aislamientos de Fusarium spp. obtenidos de cereales o de forrajes son capaces de producir enfermedad (pudrición seca) en tubérculos almacenados. En cada año de estudio, los tubérculos de los cultivares ‘Red Northland’, ‘Yukon Gold’ y ‘Russet Burbank’ fueron heridos y luego inoculados con un pedazo de agar conteniendo micelio activo de uno los 30 aislamientos probados. Después de cinco semanas de incubación en ambiente de almacenaje, los tubérculos se cortaron longitudinalmente en el punto de inoculación y se midió la profundidad de la necrosis. Los aislamientos de F. sambucinum, F. coeruleum y F. avenaceum provenientes de tubérculos de papa fueron fuertemente patogénicos a los tubérculos inoculados de papa. Los aislamientos de F. oxysporum f.sp. medicaginis provenientes de alfalfa, no fueron patogénicos a los tubérculos de papa, en cambio, los aislamientos de F. avenaceum de alfalfa y trébol fueron patogénicos a papa. Aislamientos de F. poae y F. sporotrichioides provenientes de cereales fueron no patogénicos y débilmente patogénicos, respectivamente a los tubérculos inoculados. Todos los aislamientos de F. graminearum (obtenidos de cultivos de cereales) que se probaron fueron patogénicos a los tubérculos de papa. De esta manera, los cultivos sembrados en rotación con papa pueden hospedar Fusarium spp. que pueden actuar como patógenos en el cultivo siguiente.

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The authors are thankful for financial support provided by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada and technical support provided by Kathy Drake, Ian Macdonald and Richard Reddin. We are also grateful to Dr. D. Samac, USDA ARS, St. Paul, MN and Marleen Clark, PEI Dept. of Agriculture, Fisheries and Aquaculture, Kensington, PE for contributing fungal cultures to this study.

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  1. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Crops and Livestock Research Centre, 440 University Ave., Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, C1A 4N6, Canada

    Rick D. Peters, Chris MacLeod & Richard A. Martin

  2. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Eastern Cereal and Oilseed Research Centre, Central Experimental Farm, KW Neatby Bldg., 960 Carling Ave., Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0C6, Canada

    Keith A. Seifert

  3. Department of Biology, University of Prince Edward Island, 550 University Ave., Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, C1A 4P3, Canada

    Larry R. Hale

  4. Department of Plant Pathology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1630 Linden Drive, Madison, WI, 53706, USA

    Craig R. Grau

  5. Cavendish Agri Services, P.O. Box 247, Kentville, Nova Scotia, B4N 3W4, Canada

    Shelly MacInnis

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Peters, R.D., MacLeod, C., Seifert, K.A. et al. Pathogenicity to Potato Tubers of Fusarium spp. Isolated from Potato, Cereal and Forage Crops. Am. J. Pot Res 85, 367–374 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12230-008-9037-z

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