Isolation and Identification ofTrichoderma asperellum, the Novel Causal Agent of Green Mold Disease in Sweetpotato
- 1 June 2021
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Scientific Societies in Plant Disease
- Vol. 105 (6), 1711-1718
- https://doi.org/10.1094/pdis-07-20-1484-re
Abstract
Postharvest disease is an important limiting factor for sweetpotato production. Recently, a new green mold disease was found in sweetpotato storage roots. To investigate the mechanism underlying the pathogenesis of the disease, the pathogen was isolated and identified based on morphological and molecular features, and its characteristics were further analyzed by pathogenic and antagonistic evaluations. The results showed that the isolated pathogen (CRI-Ta1) was identified as Trichoderma asperellum based on the similar growth and morphological features with Trichoderma spp., 99% homology of internal transcribed spacer (ITS) sequence, and membership to the same phylogenetic group with the model strain of T. asperellum (CBS 433.97). The pathogenic analysis revealed that CRI-Ta1 could cause green mold disease through wound infection on the storage roots and the strains reisolated from infected storage roots could cause disease in different sweetpotato varieties, which was fulfilled in Koch’s postulate. Moreover, CRI-Ta1 could also infect other common crop species, including chestnut, carrot, apple, pear, and others. It indicated that CRI-Ta1 was the pathogen to the storage roots of sweetpotato and had a wide host range. Additionally, in vitro antagonistic evaluation showed that CRI-Ta1 effectively inhibited the growth of common sweetpotato pathogens, including Fusarium solani and Rhizopus nigricans. However, further research is needed on the potential of CRI-Ta1 to control sweetpotato diseases in vivo. Collectively, our findings provided valuable insights into the characteristics of the T. asperellum CRI-Ta1 in sweetpotato and would be helpful to the prevention and control of sweetpotato green mold disease.Keywords
Funding Information
- National Sweet Potato Industry Technical System “Fresh Edible Sweet Potato Improvement Post” (CARS-10-B-05)
- “Guangzhou Comprehensive Experimental Station” (CARS-10-C-17)
- Key-Area Research and Development Program of Guangdong Province (2020B020219001)
- Sweet Potato and Potato Innovation Team of Modern Agricultural Industry Technology System in Guangdong Province (2019KJ111)
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