{"title":"First report of black leaf spot on Atractylodes lancea caused by Alternaria gaisen in Japan","authors":"Midori Kawashimo, Miki Sakurai","doi":"10.1007/s10327-023-01158-w","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10327-023-01158-w","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Leaves of <i>Atractylodes lancea</i>, used in traditional Chinese and Japanese herbal medicines developed irregular-shaped brown lesions in Ibaraki, Japan in 2020. We isolated a fungus from the leaf spots, and in pathogenicity tests, the isolate reproduced these symptoms. The isolate was identified as <i>Alternaria gaisen</i> based on conidial morphology and nucleotide sequences of <i>RPB2</i>, <i>GAPDH</i>, and <i>TEF1</i>. This is the first report of leaf spot of <i>At. lancea</i> caused by <i>Al. gaisen</i>.</p>","PeriodicalId":15825,"journal":{"name":"Journal of General Plant Pathology","volume":"46 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2023-11-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138495692","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"First report of Phytophthora nicotianae causing avocado root rot in Thailand","authors":"Panatda Kankavee, Patchareeya Withee, Sukanya Haituk, Thitima Wongwan, Tipprapa Promthep, Anuruddha Karunarathna, Ratchadawan Cheewangkoon","doi":"10.1007/s10327-023-01156-y","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10327-023-01156-y","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Plantations of avocado (<i>Persea americana</i>), a high-demand crop in Thailand are severely affected by <i>Phytophthora</i> spp. A severe avocado root rot disease of avocado that has recently been observed in the Chiang Dao district of Chiang Mai province causes dieback and root rot. A potential pathogen isolated from symptomatic plant material was identified as <i>P. nicotianae</i> based on morphology and ITS and <i>COX1</i> sequences. Pathogenicity assay on detached leaves and seedling roots confirmed the pathogenicity of <i>P. nicotianae</i>. The report is the first of <i>P. nicotianae</i> causing avocado root rot in Thailand.</p>","PeriodicalId":15825,"journal":{"name":"Journal of General Plant Pathology","volume":"46 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2023-11-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138495691","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"New editorial office","authors":"Masamichi Isogai","doi":"10.1007/s10327-023-01161-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10327-023-01161-1","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15825,"journal":{"name":"Journal of General Plant Pathology","volume":"3 2","pages":"1"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2023-11-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139256296","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"First report of damping-off caused by Pythium aphanidermatum in seedlings of wax gourd","authors":"Noriyuki Miyake, Masashi Matsusaki, Hiroko Yasuda, Yoshimasa Kubota, Tsuneyoshi Kouno, Takamasa Otake, Koji Kageyama","doi":"10.1007/s10327-023-01157-x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10327-023-01157-x","url":null,"abstract":"<p>In February 2023 in Japan, seedlings of wax gourd [<i>Benincasa hispida</i> (Thunb.) Cogn.] in seedling boxes developed water-soaked rot on hypocotyls typical of damping off and eventually died. A <i>Pythium</i> sp. was isolated from the hypocotyls and was identified as <i>Pythium aphanidermatum</i> based on morphological characteristics and DNA sequence data. The same symptoms developed after seedlings were inoculated with the isolated fungus, and the same fungus was reisolated from the seedlings. This is the first report of damping off in wax gourd seedlings caused by <i>P</i>. <i>aphanidermatum</i> in seedling boxes in Japan.</p>","PeriodicalId":15825,"journal":{"name":"Journal of General Plant Pathology","volume":"47 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2023-11-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138495690","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Taiga Suzuki, Mayu Fujita, Mio Suzuki, Kaori Shigeta, Richard S. Nelson, Yasuhiko Matsushita, Nobumitsu Sasaki
{"title":"Overexpression of BBF3 encoding a tobacco Dof transcription factor alters gene expression and cell death induction during N-mediated hypersensitivity to tobacco mosaic virus","authors":"Taiga Suzuki, Mayu Fujita, Mio Suzuki, Kaori Shigeta, Richard S. Nelson, Yasuhiko Matsushita, Nobumitsu Sasaki","doi":"10.1007/s10327-023-01155-z","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10327-023-01155-z","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15825,"journal":{"name":"Journal of General Plant Pathology","volume":"28 22","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135392053","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Shohei Yamato, Nobumitsu Sasaki, Ken Komatsu, Kouji Mashimo, Takashi Motobayashi
{"title":"Temporal changes in colonization levels of Ustilago esculenta in different parts of Zizania latifolia plants competent and incompetent for stem gall formation","authors":"Shohei Yamato, Nobumitsu Sasaki, Ken Komatsu, Kouji Mashimo, Takashi Motobayashi","doi":"10.1007/s10327-023-01152-2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10327-023-01152-2","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15825,"journal":{"name":"Journal of General Plant Pathology","volume":"32 4","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136382119","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Development of specific PCR primer sets for detecting Pantoea dispersa, a potential biocontrol agent against rice seed-borne diseases caused by Burkholderia pathogens","authors":"Yusuke Kouzai, Chiharu Akimoto-Tomiyama","doi":"10.1007/s10327-023-01154-0","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10327-023-01154-0","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15825,"journal":{"name":"Journal of General Plant Pathology","volume":"80 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135667190","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Identification of antifungal compound isolated from Cercospora sp. ME202 and evaluation of its inhibitory activity against Colletotrichum orbiculare","authors":"Masatoshi Ino, Junichi Kihara, Atsushi Ishihara, Kota Seki, Tomoya Tanaka, Keisuke Yoshikiyo, Makoto Ueno","doi":"10.1007/s10327-023-01153-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10327-023-01153-1","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15825,"journal":{"name":"Journal of General Plant Pathology","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135970083","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Acknowledgment to Reviewers","authors":"","doi":"10.1007/s10327-023-01151-3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10327-023-01151-3","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15825,"journal":{"name":"Journal of General Plant Pathology","volume":"8 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135590691","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}