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MICROORGANISMS
Volume 11, Issue 1, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms11010226
Keywords
anthracnose; Colletotrichum truncatum; Solanum lycopersicum; morphology; molecular identification; pathogenicity
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This study investigated the etiology of tomato anthracnose in commercial tomato farms in Malaysia. A total of 22 fungal isolates obtained from anthracnosed tomato fruits were identified as Colletotrichum species using morphological characteristics. The phylogenetic relationships and pathogenicity tests confirmed the presence of C. truncatum causing anthracnose disease on tomato fruits.
Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) is a popular nutritious vegetable crop grown in Malaysia and other parts of the world. However, fungal diseases such as anthracnose pose significant threats to tomato production by reducing the fruit quality and food value of tomato, resulting in lower market prices of the crop globally. In the present study, the etiology of tomato anthracnose was investigated in commercial tomato farms in Sabah, Malaysia. A total of 22 fungal isolates were obtained from anthracnosed tomato fruits and identified as Colletotrichum species, using morphological characteristics. The phylogenetic relationships of multiple gene sequence alignments such as internal transcribed spacer (ITS), beta-tubulin (tub2), glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase (gapdh), actin (act), and calmodulin (cal), were adopted to accurately identify the Colletotrichum species as C. truncatum. The results of pathogenicity tests revealed that all C. truncatum isolates caused anthracnose disease symptoms on inoculated tomato fruits. To our knowledge, the present study is the first report of tomato anthracnose caused by C. truncatum in Malaysia. The findings of this study will be helpful in disease monitoring, and the development of strategies for effective control of anthracnose on tomato fruits.
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