Identification and biological characterization of the pathogen causing a new black spot disease on Musa spp
A new black spot disease was observed on the banana cultivar ‘Williams’(AAA, Cavendish) in Guangxi province, China.The pathogen was isolated from the infected banana leaves and cultured.Based on the analysis of its morphology, biological characteristics, pathogenicity and ITS sequence, the pathogen was identified as Guignardia mangiferae A.J.Roy.Colonies of the pathogen on PDA were dark olive, and the ascus was clavate with stipe, ascospores were fusiform and conidia were obpyriform.G.mangiferae could grow with an optimal condition at 28C ,pH 6.The best carbon sources for the pathogen growth were fructose and arabinose, and the best nitrogen sources were peptone and yeast extract.The best cultural condition for mycelial growth was 24 h under light.The lethal temperature was 54℃ for hypha of G.mangiferae.To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of black spot on banana caused by G.mangiferae in the world.
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