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Influence of blueberry tissue type, wounding and cultivar on susceptibility to infection by Neofusicoccum species

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JOURNAL OF APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY
卷 132, 期 5, 页码 3771-3782

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OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1111/jam.15493

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Botryosphaeriaceae; highbush; rabbiteye; Vaccinium ashei; Vaccinium corymbosum; wounding

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  1. Blueberry New Zealand

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Different tissues and cultivars of blueberries show varying susceptibility to pathogenic Neofusicoccum species. All tested above-ground blueberry tissues, including non-wounded tissue, are susceptible to infection, indicating that fungicides may need to be applied to protect all tissue, not just wounds.
Aim Botryosphaeriaceae causing stem blight and dieback of blueberry are important pathogens limiting economic production worldwide. This study investigated the pathogenicity and relative virulence of isolates from the Neofusicoccum species commonly associated with blueberries in New Zealand on different tissues and cultivars of blueberries. Methods and Results Both wounded and non-wounded fruit and flower buds and wounded attached soft green and hard green shoots were susceptible to infection by conidia of Neofusicoccum australe, Neofusicoccum parvum and Neofusicoccum ribis. N. ribis was generally most virulent, followed by N. parvum and then N. australe. Inoculation of potting mixture with N. australe or N. ribis conidia showed that potting mixtures were not a source of inoculum for infection of blueberry roots. Wounded and non-wounded leaf buds, fruit and wounded soft green shoots and hard green shoots of the different cultivars tested were susceptible to infection by N. parvum and N. ribis. Whilst the fruit of all cultivars were similarly infected, infection incidence in inoculated leaf buds was lowest in Blue Bayou and Ocean Blue. Cultivar susceptibility differed when tested on soft green shoots compared with hard green shoots, with shortest lesions developed on Maru on soft green shoots, and Centra Blue and Ocean Blue on hard green shoots. Conclusions All tested above-ground blueberry tissues, including non-wounded tissue, were susceptible to Neofusicoccum spp. All the cultivars assessed were susceptible to infection, although they varied in their relative susceptibility depending on the tissue assessed. Significance and impact of the study The potential for non-wounded tissue to become infected indicate that fungicides may need to be applied to protect all tissue, not just wounds.

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