Young-Ju Nam 1,2, Seung-Yeol Lee 2, Youn-Gi Moon 3, Weon-Dae Cho 1, and Wan-Gyu Kim 1*
1Global Agro-Consulting Corporation, Suwon 16614, Korea
2College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 41566, Korea
3Wild Vegetable Research Institute, Gangwondo Agricultural Research and Extension Services,
Pyeongchang 25300, Korea
Correspondence to wgkim5121@naver.com
Korean Journal of Mycology (Kor J Mycol) September, 2022, 50(3):249-254.
https://doi.org/10.4489/KJM.20220026
Accepted: September 13, 2022; Revised: September 13, 2022; Received: May 06, 2022
Published: September, 2022.
© 2022 THE KOREAN SOCIETY OF MYCOLOGY.
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In June 2021, foot rot symptoms were observed in wasabi (Eutrema japonicum) plants growing in vinyl greenhouses of the Alpine Agricultural Experiment Station, Wild Vegetable Research Institute, in Taebaek, Gangwon Province, Korea. Diseased plants displayed black soft rot of crowns and petioles at the soil line and wilted. The incidence of diseased plants was 2‒10% in four out of five vinyl greenhouses investigated. Eight fungal isolates were obtained from diseased plants. All the isolates were identified as Phytophthora pseudocrytogea based on their morphological characteristics and phylogenetic analysis. Three isolates of P. pseudocrytogea were used for pathogenicity test on wasabi plants via artificial inoculation. The pathogenicity of the isolates was confirmed in the inoculated wasabi plants. The symptoms shown by the inoculated plants were similar to those observed in plants from the investigated vinyl greenhouses. This is the first report of P. pseudocryptogea causing Phytophthora foot rot in wasabi.
Eutrema japonicum, Foot rot, Phytophthora pseudocryptogea, Wasabi