Korean Journal of Mycology (Kor. J. Mycol.)
Sang-A Lee 1, Eun-Kyung Bae 1, Chanhoon An 1, Min-Jeong Kang 1, and Eung-Jun Park 2*
1Forest Microbiology Division, National Institute of Forest Science, Suwon 16631, Korea
2Forest Medicinal Resources Research Center, National Institute of Forest Science, Yeongju 36040,
Korea
Correspondence to pahkej@korea.kr
Korean Journal of Mycology (Kor J Mycol) March, 2022, 50(1):41-46.
https://doi.org/10.4489/KJM.20220003
Accepted: February 22, 2022; Revised: January 07, 2022; Received: November 12, 2021
Published: March, 2022.
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Gastrodia elata infected with root rot disease was collected from cultivated G. elata fields in Gimcheon, Korea, in 2018. G. elata tuber surfaces exhibited root rot disease symptoms of dark-grey lesions and white fungal mycelial growth. The fungus was isolated from symptomatic tubers and cultured. Based on morphological characteristics and molecular analysis of the internal transcribed spacer region of ribosomal DNA and translation elongation factor 1-alpha, the isolated fungus was Fusarium oxysporum. This is the first report of root rot caused by F. oxysporum on G. elata tubers in Korea.
Fusarium oxysporum, Gastrodia elata, Pathogenicity, Root rot