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Scientia Silvae Sinicae ›› 2023, Vol. 59 ›› Issue (5): 100-108.doi: 10.11707/j.1001-7488.LYKX20220324

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Identification of the Compound Pathogens Causing Anthracnose of Camellia oleifera and Evaluation of Fungicides in Laboratory

Lingling Li(),Yuanye Zhu,Shengpei Zhang,He Li*()   

  1. Key Laboratory of National Forestry and Grassland Administration on Control of Artificial Forest Diseases and Pests in South China Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory for Control of Forest Diseases and Pests Key Laboratory of Forest Bio-resources and Integrated Pest Management for Higher Education in Hunan Province Central South University of Forestry and Technology Changsha 410004
  • Received:2022-05-12 Online:2023-05-25 Published:2023-08-02
  • Contact: He Li E-mail:1903684246@qq.com;csuftlihe@163.com

Abstract:

Objective: This study aims to identify the compound pathogens causing anthracnose of Camellia oleifera and to screen effective fungicides for compound pathogens on C. oleifera, in order to provide targeted strategy for controlling C. oleifera anthracnose. Method: Leaf samples with anthracnose symptoms were collected from C. oleifera plantations in Hunan, Guangxi, Guangdong, Jiangsu and Hainan Provinces, China. Tissue separation method was used to isolate and purify the pathogenic fungi, and the morphological characteristics combined with and multi gene phylogenetic analysis were used to identify species. The composite infection experiments were used to study the relationship between pathogenic fungi and pathogenicity. The mycelial growth rate method was used to determine the indoor virulence of fungicides such as prochloraz, difenoconazole, azoxystrobin, picoxystrobin, fluopyram and boscalid to pathogens of C. oleifera. Result: 1)The result showed that a total of 186 isolates were obtained from 106 symptomatic lesions, among which 130 isolates of Colletotrichum genus were the main pathogens, followed by 18 isolates in Pestalotiopsis genus, 28 isolates in Neopestalotiopsis genus, 4 isolates in Pseudopestalotiopsis genus and 6 isolates in Alternaria genus. There were 55 lesions from which only species of Colletotrichum genus were isolated, and 51 lesions from which both Colletotrichum species and other pathogens were isolated. There were 51 lesions from which multiple pathogens with different species in the same genus or from the different genus were simultaneously isolated. There were 7 combinations of different strains isolated: different species of Colletotrichum genus, Colletotrichum sp. and Pestalotiopsis sp. or Neopestalotiopsis sp. or Pseudopestalotiopsis sp. or Alternaria sp., Colletotrichum sp., Pestalotiopsis sp. and Neopestalotiopsis sp. or Alternaria sp. 2)Further co-infection experiment showed that the lesion size caused by inoculation with mixed strains was significantly larger than that caused by inoculation with single strain, indicating that there was synergistic effect of compound infection of Colletotrichum sp. and other pathogens in C. oleifera anthracnose lesions. 3)The virulence test results showed that difenoconazole and prochloraz had the strongest inhibitory effects on Colletotrichum, Pestalotiopsis and Neopestalotiopsis pathogens of C. oleifera, with EC50 mean values of 0.011 to 0.555 μg·mL?1. Azoxystrobin and picoxystrobin had the highest indoor toxicity to Pestalotiopsis and Neopestalotiopsis, with an average EC50 from 0.007 to 0.020 μg·mL?1, but had weak inhibitory effect on Colletotrichum. Boscalid and fluopyram had almost no inhibitory effects. Conclusion: The results indicate that there is compound infection of Colletotrichum sp. and other pathogens in anthracnose lesions of C. oleifera, and prochloraz and difenoconazole can be used as the main fungicides to control C. oleifera anthracnose caused by compound infection of pathogens.

Key words: Camellia oleifera, anthracnose, pathogens, co-infection, fungicide selection

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