1Global Agro-Consulting Corporation, Suwon 16614, Korea
2Disaster Management Division, Rural Development Administration, Jeonju 54875, Korea
*Correspondence to wgkim5121@naver.com
Korean Journal of Mycology (Kor J Mycol) 2023 December, 51(4): 397-403.
https://doi.org/10.4489/KJM.20230040
Received on November 28, 2023, Revised on December 12, 2023, Accepted on December 14, 2023, Published on December 31, 2023.
Copyright © The Korean Society of Mycology.
This is an Open Access article which is freely available under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC) (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).
Wilt symptoms were observed in basil (Ocimum basilicum) plants grown in a vinyl greenhouse located in Gokseong, Korea, during crop disease surveys conducted in August 2022. The symptoms appeared as wilting of the plants and brown to dark brown longitudinal streaks on the stems at or above the soil line. The disease incidence among the plants in the vinyl greenhouse was 5–20%. Six isolates of Fusarium sp. were obtained from stem lesions and identified as Fusarium oxysporum species complex based on their morphological characteristics. Among the isolates, two were used for phylogenetic analysis and pathogenicity test. Phylogenetic analysis revealed that these isolates belonged to F. oxysporum. Pathogenicity of the isolates was confirmed through artificial inoculation test. The symptoms induced by the isolates were similar to those observed in basil plants in the investigated vinyl greenhouse. This is the first report of F. oxysporum causing Fusarium wilt in basil in Korea.
Basil, Fusarium oxysporum, Fusarium wilt, Ocimum basilicum