Co-infection of Fusarium aglaonematis sp. nov. and Fusarium elaeidis Causing Stem Rot in Aglaonema modestum in China.

ABSTRACT: Aglaonema modestum (A. modestum) (Araceae) is an evergreen herbage, which is intensively grown as an ornamental plant in South China. A new disease was observed in A. modestum from 2020 to 2021 in Guangdong province, China. The disease symptoms associated with plants were initial leaf wilt, stem rot, and resulting plant death, leading to severe economic losses. In total, six Fusarium isolates were obtained from diseased plants. The putative pathogen was identified using both morphological characteristics and molecular phylogenetic analysis of calmodulin A (cmdA), RNA polymerase largest subunit 1 (rpb1), RNA polymerase II (rpb2), translation elongation factor-1α (tef1-α), and beta-tubulin (β-tubulin) sequences. Two Fusarium</

SUBMITTER: Zhang Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9279562 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature