Fusarium Species Causing Pepper Wilt in Russia: Molecular Identification and Pathogenicity.

ABSTRACT: Fusarium wilt pathogens represent an ongoing threat to pepper production worldwide. This is the first report providing data on the molecular identification of Fusarium fungi that cause wilt in pepper in the southern regions of Russia. Monitoring of the Fusarium infection on pepper was carried out in 2019-2022 in two economically important regions of this culture production: the Krasnodar Krai and Crimea. Based on a phylogenetic analysis of the translation elongation factor (EF1a) and the internal transcribed spacer (ITS), as well as the macro- and micromorphological characteristics of the fungi, the causative agents of Fusarium wilt have been identified. The causative agents identified as representatives of the Fusarium species composition included: F. clavus

SUBMITTER: Engalycheva I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10893445 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature