Damping-Off of Beech Seedlings Caused by Fusarium avenaceum in Italy

Plant Disease
L Montecchio

Abstract

During May of 2004, damping-off of an estimated 70% of beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) seedlings was observed in a bare-root forest nursery located in northern Italy. Twenty-eight days after sowing, cotyledonary leaves were chlorotic, wilted, and occasionally desiccated; stem and collars appeared stunted and discolored with yellowish gray-to-brownish longitudinal streaks arising from the foot region, and rootlets were partially to completely rotten. No fruiting bodies were present on or near the damaged regions. Seedling establishment was poor within the disease foci that gradually increased in size. Longitudinal sections through the damaged stems showed dark brown streaks in the vascular tissue, and microscopic examination revealed that vessels frequently contained mycelium. Ten symptomatic plants were selected, and isolations were made from the necrotic margins of stems previously surface sterilized with 1% sodium hypochlorite and thoroughly rinsed, longitudinally cut into two parts 5-mm long, placed on potato dextrose agar (PDA), and incubated at 22 ± 1°C for 5 days in the dark. Although a variety of microorganisms were isolated, Fusarium avenaceum (Fr.:Fr.) Sacc. (1) was always recovered. Artificial inoculations with the fungus ...Continue Reading

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