Vol. 28 No. 4 (2014):
Reviews

Black root rot caused by Diaporthe sclerotioides threatens cucurbit cultivation in Japan

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  • M. Shishido
M. Shishido
Graduate School of Horticulture, Chiba University, 648 Matsudo, Matsudo-shi, 271-8510 Japan.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36253/ahsc-18460
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Published 2014-12-31

Keywords

  • Black root rot,
  • cucurbitaceae,
  • Diaporthe sclerotioides

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Shishido, M. (2014). Black root rot caused by Diaporthe sclerotioides threatens cucurbit cultivation in Japan. Advances in Horticultural Science, 28(4), 208–213. https://doi.org/10.36253/ahsc-18460

Copyright (c) 2014 M. Shishido

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Abstract

In Japan, since black root rot of cucurbitaceous crops was found more than 30 years ago, the disease has caused severe economic losses to the cucurbit crop industry. Subsequent to the pathogen being correctly identified as Diaporthe sclerotioides based on morphology and DNA sequence, knowledge about DNA sequences has developed making technical tools to detect and quantify the pathogen in natural samples of plants and soils available. In addition to chemical soil disinfectants, solarization and biological soil disinfestation have been developed as environment-friendly methods to effectively control this disease. Although it is difficult to apply such temperature-dependent methods in open-fields especially under cool climate conditions, an alternative approach, which changes soil pH to weak alkaline with amending steel converter slag, has also proved effective against the disease. In this mini-review, the process of D. sclerotioides identification, detection and quantification methods developed for this fungus, host specificity, and disease control measures available and practiced in Japan are discussed concisely.

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