First Report of Botrytis cinerea on Pansy Flowers in Buenos Aires

Plant Disease
M C Rivera, S E Lopez

Abstract

Pansy (Viola × wittrockiana) is an ornamental annual plant produced as a potted plant in greenhouses around Buenos Aires, Argentina. Flower rot with signs of gray mold was observed on pansy cv. Crown during the autumn of 2003. Diseased tissues were surface sterilized by immersion in 2% NaOCl for 1 min, placed on 2% potato dextrose agar (PDA), and incubated at 22°C. Fungal mycelia were initially white and became gray after 72 h. After 4 days, colonies were 4 cm in diameter and sporulated profusely. Black sclerotia developed after 7 days. Mycelia were septate with dark branched conidiophores bearing unicellular, ellipsoid, hyaline conidia that measured 8 to 12 × 6 to 8 μm in botryose heads. These characteristics agree with Botrytis cinerea Pers.:Fr. (1). Pathogenicity tests were performed by spraying 10 healthy pansy plants during bloom with 3 ml of a conidial suspension (106 conidia per ml) per plant. Controls were treated with sterilized distilled water only. Plants were covered with plastic bags for 2 days and incubated at 18 to 22°C. The flowers developed water-soaked lesions between 4 and 6 days after inoculation. Fifty percent of the flowers were pendulous because flower blight reached the peduncle. The pathogen was reisola...Continue Reading

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