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Disease report / Rapport des maladies

First report of Phoma leaf spot disease on cherry palm caused by Phoma herbarum in Thailand

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Pages 103-106 | Accepted 27 Jan 2016, Published online: 07 Mar 2016
 

Abstract

A leaf spot disease caused by Phoma herbarum was observed in a plantation of cherry palm (Pseudophoenix sargentii) in Chiang Mai Province, Thailand. The fungus was isolated from lesions on leaves and pathogenicity tests showed that Ph. herbarum could infect P. sargentii, producing the same symptoms after inoculation as those observed naturally in the field. The fungus was identified based on morphological characteristics and confirmed using comparisons of DNA sequences of internal transcribed spacer (ITS)1, 2 and 5.8S rDNA. This is the first report of this disease on cherry palm.

Résumé

Une tache des feuilles, causée par Phoma herbarum, a été observée dans une plantation de palmier boucanier (Pseudophoenix sargentii) de la province de Chiang Mai, en Thaïlande. Le champignon a été isolé à partir de lésions trouvées sur des feuilles, et des tests de pathogénicité ont montré que P. herbarum pouvait infecter P. sargentii, produisant les mêmes symptômes après inoculation que ceux observés naturellement sur le terrain. Le champignon a été identifié sur la base des caractéristiques morphologiques et l’espèce a été confirmée par comparaison des régions 1 et 2 de l’espaceur transcrit interne (ITS) de l’ADN et de l’ADNr 5,8S. Il s’agit de la première mention de cette maladie sur le palmier boucanier.

Acknowledgements

This work was supported by grants from the Thailand Research Fund for Research Team Association Grant RTA5880006, and Chiang Mai University, Thailand. We are grateful to Mr Santhiti Vadthanarat for taking the field photographs and Mr Keegan Kennedy for improving the English text.

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