Myung Soo Park1, Young Guk Kim2, Sang Won Lee2, Chun Geun Park2, Yong Il Kim2, Eun Song Lee2, Jae Ki Chang2, Tae Jin An2*
1School of Biological Sciences and Institute of Microbiology, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826,
Korea
2National Institute of Horticultural and Herbal Science, Eumseong 27709, Korea
Correspondence to atj0083@korea.kr
Korean Journal of Mycology (Kor J Mycol) December, 2017, 45(4):381-385.
https://doi.org/10.4489/KJM.20170045
Received: 10 October, 2017; Revised: 30 October, 2017; Accepted: 3 November, 2017
Published: December, 2017.
Ⓒ The Korean Society of Mycology
Sclerotinia rot was observed on Ixeridium dentatum cultivated as a succeeding crop in a garlic field in Seosan-si, Korea during the growing season in 2016 and 2017. Symptoms progressed from the initial irregular, water-soaked spots on main stems to wilting and eventually to plant death. White, cottony mycelia and black, irregular sclerotia formed on the basal stem and on soil surfaces. The optimal temperature of hyphal growth and sclerotia germination were 20°C and 25°C, respectively. Sequence analysis of the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) regions revealed that the three strains isolated from Ixeridium dentatum are grouped with Sclerotinia sclerotiorum. Three strains were identified as Sclerotinia sclerotiorum based on morphological features, ITS sequence, and pathogenicity test. To the best of our knowledge, this work is the first report of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum causing sclerotinia rot on Ixeridium dentatum in Korea.
Ixeridium dentatum, New report, Sclerotinia rot, Sclerotinia sclerotiorum