Diversity of Fungi Associated with Diseases of Cultivated Brassicaceae in Southern Italy.

ABSTRACT: This study investigated the fungal species associated with symptomatic cultivated Brassica crops in Apulia, Southern Italy, during the 2022-2023 growing seasons. Twenty-two samples from Brassica oleracea var. botrytis, B. oleracea var. italica, and B. rapa var. cymosa showing stunting, wilting, necrotic spots, and lesions were analyzed using morphological and molecular analyses. A total of 259 fungal isolates were obtained, mainly belonging to the genera Alternaria, Plectosphaerella, Fusarium, and Sclerotinia, with Alternaria and Plectosphaerella being the most frequent. Microsatellite PCR (MSP-PCR) profiling revealed considerable genetic diversity within the Alternaria and Plectosphaerella ge

SUBMITTER: Mourou M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12843184 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature