R S Bhat, B N Motagi, G K Naidu, H L Nadaf, V A Giritammannavar, R V Hunje
{"title":"The scientific and economic impact of the foliar disease-resistant peanut variety GPBD 4","authors":"R S Bhat, B N Motagi, G K Naidu, H L Nadaf, V A Giritammannavar, R V Hunje","doi":"10.1007/s13313-024-00976-6","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s13313-024-00976-6","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The Spanish bunch (<i>Arachis hypogaea</i> subsp <i>fastigiata</i> var <i>vulgaris</i>) cultivars of peanut are early maturing and extensively cultivated in India, but they suffer more from biotic and abiotic stresses than the Virginia types (<i>Arachis hypogaea</i> subsp <i>hypogaea</i> var <i>hypogaea</i>). The loss due to fungal foliar diseases viz., late leaf spot (LLS) and rust is an important constraint world over. Previous attempts to transfer these favourable traits have met with limited success. A high level of resistance is available in Virginia-type germplasm developed through interspecific hybridization. Systematic utilization of these resistance sources was initiated in improving locally adapted Spanish bunch varieties through extensive hybridization and development of large-scale segregating populations. Intensive evaluation of these breeding lines under high disease pressure led to the identification of early maturing, high-yielding and disease-resistant Spanish bunch variety, GPBD 4. Extensive testing and release for cultivation by the AICRIP system, widespread demonstrations on farmers’ fields and organized seed production under public systems led to its quick popularization, and it continued to benefit the farmers and consumers. An estimated economic benefit of INR 17.60 billion was derived from GPBD 4 for the period spanning from 2006 to 2022. GPBD 4 served as the source of resistance to breed at least five released varieties. The development of GPBD 4-based mapping populations, generation of phenotypic data, next-generation sequencing, mapping with molecular markers and narrowing down of genomic regions to identify the candidate genes governing disease resistance under collaborative efforts led to its immense utilization in marker-assisted breeding thereby refining the genomics-driven peanut improvement.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":8598,"journal":{"name":"Australasian Plant Pathology","volume":"53 3","pages":"285 - 290"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2024-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140574024","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}
Breno Benvindo dos Anjos, Victor Côco Lirio, Matheus Ricardo da Rocha, Sophia Machado Ferreira da Silva, Simone de Paiva Caetano Bucker Moraes, Leônidas Leoni Belan, Waldir Cintra de Jesus Junior, Wanderson Bucker Moraes, André da Silva Xavier, Fábio Ramos Alves, Willian Bucker Moraes
{"title":"Standard area diagrams for tomato early blight severity assessments on leaves and leaflets","authors":"Breno Benvindo dos Anjos, Victor Côco Lirio, Matheus Ricardo da Rocha, Sophia Machado Ferreira da Silva, Simone de Paiva Caetano Bucker Moraes, Leônidas Leoni Belan, Waldir Cintra de Jesus Junior, Wanderson Bucker Moraes, André da Silva Xavier, Fábio Ramos Alves, Willian Bucker Moraes","doi":"10.1007/s13313-024-00975-7","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s13313-024-00975-7","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Two standard area diagrams (SADs) were developed to quantify the severity of tomato early blight (EB), caused by <i>Alternaria solani</i>, on leaves and leaflets. The SADs were composed by sets of images with distinct EB severity for leaflets (0–40%) and leaves (0-46.4%). To validate the diagrams, 13 evaluators with no experience in quantifying the plant disease severity estimated EB severity by using a 50-image sample of tomato leaves and leaflets, first without SADs and then using the proposed SADs. The data were submitted to regression analysis and Lin’s concordance correlation coefficient, and the accuracy, precision, repeatability, and reproducibility of the estimates for EB severity were assessed. Based on the parameters of Lin’s coefficients and intraclass correlations, EB severity estimates were consistent and more reliable using SADs, improving evaluators’ performance. The diagrams proposed in this study improved the quantification of EB severity performed by 13 evaluators, increasing the accuracy, precision, and reliability of the estimates. Therefore, the proposed diagrams can be used in further studies on the epidemiology, resistance, and management strategies of this pathosystem.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":8598,"journal":{"name":"Australasian Plant Pathology","volume":"53 3","pages":"261 - 272"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2024-04-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140574025","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":"Threatened and Priority listed Melaleuca species from Western Australia display high susceptibility to Austropuccinia psidii in controlled inoculations","authors":"Alyssa M. Martino, Robert F. Park, Peri A. Tobias","doi":"10.1007/s13313-024-00974-8","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s13313-024-00974-8","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p><i>Austropuccinia psidii</i> causes rust disease on species within the family Myrtaceae. It was first detected in Australia in 2010, with the first detection in Western Australia in 2022. While species within the genus <i>Melaleuca</i> from eastern Australia show variable responses to the pathogen, little is known of the response of species from Western Australia. This study established that 13 previously unscreened species of <i>Melaleuca</i>, including Threatened and Priority listed species that were grown from seeds sourced from Western Australian populations, were susceptible four months post-germination to the pandemic strain of the pathogen. The proportion of highly susceptible plants within a single species ranged from 2 to 94%, with several species displaying highly variable levels of resistance to <i>A. psidii</i>. These results highlight the importance of disease screening and may direct conservation efforts.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":8598,"journal":{"name":"Australasian Plant Pathology","volume":"53 3","pages":"253 - 260"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2024-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s13313-024-00974-8.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140574118","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Characterization of Colletotrichum species causing new pre-harvest anthracnose symptoms on mango in Eastern India","authors":"Sangeetha Ganesan, Nidhi Kumari, Supriya Sahu, Madhuri Pattanaik, Amrith Raj, Minakshi Panda, Petikam Srinivas, Hari Shankar Singh","doi":"10.1007/s13313-024-00973-9","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s13313-024-00973-9","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Anthracnose caused by <i>Colletotrichum</i> species is an important disease of mango (<i>Mangifera indica</i> L.) affecting leaf, flowers and fruits in mango orchards worldwide. The fungus <i>Colletotrichum</i> sp. usually invade the fruits during its developmental stage but remains quiescent until fruit ripening culminating in devastating anthracnose disease, especially during post-harvest stage. In contrary, new kind of pre-harvest anthracnose symptoms were observed on green unripe mangoes with varying level of incidence at field level in the state of Odisha, situated in Eastern India. This study attempted to characterize the <i>Colletotrichum</i> species affecting mango cultivars and causing new kind of symptoms under field condition on maturing green mangoes in comparison to post-harvest phase using morphological methods and molecular tools as well as by pathogenicity tests on intact green as well as on detached mature fruits. Eight <i>Colletotrichum</i> isolates from pre-harvest phase and two from post-harvest phase isolated from different mango varieties were studied for their diversity through morphological examination as well as sequence analysis of internal transcribed spacer (ITS), chitin synthase (CHS-1), glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH), β-tubulin (TUB2) and ApMat genomic regions. Multigene phylogeny of all ten isolates revealed the identification of <i>C. siamense</i>. Pathogenicity assay of all 10 <i>Colletotrichum</i> isolates on green intact fruits in field as well as on detached ripening fruits in laboratory resulted in similar anthracnose symptoms on two selected test varieties Arka Anmol and Mallika. Results confirmed the association of <i>C. siamense</i> with both pre as well as post-harvest anthracnose symptoms of mango. Accurate pathogen identification provides a reliable basis for devising disease management schedules against anthracnose occurring at different phenological stages of the mangoes.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":8598,"journal":{"name":"Australasian Plant Pathology","volume":"53 3","pages":"239 - 252"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2024-03-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140312756","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}
Rajshree Verma, Kailash Pati Singh Kushwaha, Amit Bijlwan, Ashish Singh Bisht
{"title":"Enhancing urad bean (Vigna mungo L.) crop management with machine learning: Predictive analysis of pod rot severity and pod bug incidence patterns","authors":"Rajshree Verma, Kailash Pati Singh Kushwaha, Amit Bijlwan, Ashish Singh Bisht","doi":"10.1007/s13313-024-00967-7","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s13313-024-00967-7","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Urad bean (<i>Vigna mungo</i> L.), commonly known as black gram, is an important pulse crop in Indian agriculture. However, the crop confronts significant challenges due to diseases, including pod rot caused by <i>Fusarium</i> sp, and pest attacks by the pod bug (<i>Clavigralla gibbosa</i>). Accurate prediction of disease severity and pest incidence is essential for formulating effective management strategies to ensure sustainable crop production. A comprehensive field experiment was conducted at the Crop Research Center, Pantnagar, Uttarakhand, during the rainy seasons of 2021 and 2022. The primary objective was to analyze the behavioral patterns of disease severity and pod bug infestations in urad bean. Data on pod rot disease severity and pest incidence were meticulously recorded on a weekly basis. Four Machine Learning approaches, namely ANN, Lasso, Ridge, and Random Forest, were trained and tested to understand the influence of meteorological parameters on pod rot and pest severity. The Random Forest model exhibited superior generalization performance in predicting both disease severity and pest incidence, closely followed by Ridge regression and Lasso regression. The ANN model showed slightly higher testing error metrics. Notably, the Random Forest model demonstrated effective control overfitting, yielding maximum R-squared values of 0.70 and 0.82 for pod rot and pest incidence, respectively. The study’s findings offer valuable insights for agricultural stakeholders in selecting appropriate prediction models to optimize crop management practices and promote sustainable agriculture.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":8598,"journal":{"name":"Australasian Plant Pathology","volume":"53 3","pages":"273 - 283"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2024-03-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140147626","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}
Karanjeet S. Sandhu, Davinder Singh, Fikrte Y. Belayineh, Tamrat Negash, Hanif Khan, Subhash C. Bhardwaj, Suraj Baidya, Dhruba B. Thapa, Muhammad Fayyaz, Shahzad Asad, Mandeep S. Randhawa, Robert F. Park
{"title":"Identification of synthetic wheat lines with broadly effective stripe rust resistance","authors":"Karanjeet S. Sandhu, Davinder Singh, Fikrte Y. Belayineh, Tamrat Negash, Hanif Khan, Subhash C. Bhardwaj, Suraj Baidya, Dhruba B. Thapa, Muhammad Fayyaz, Shahzad Asad, Mandeep S. Randhawa, Robert F. Park","doi":"10.1007/s13313-024-00971-x","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s13313-024-00971-x","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Wheat stripe/yellow rust (WYR), caused by <i>Puccinia striiformis</i> f. sp. <i>tritici</i> (<i>Pst</i>), is a major constraint in global wheat production. A set of 766 hexaploid synthetic wheat lines, including primary crosses of <i>Triticum turgidum</i> x <i>Aegilops tauschii</i> and their derivatives, were screened in artificially rust inoculated field nurseries for three seasons. From this set, a core set of 94 non-lodging lines with unique pedigrees and resistance to <i>Pst</i> that was consistent across years was established. The core set was tested for adult plant field response under field conditions for three seasons in Australia and at least one crop season in Ethiopia, India, Kenya, Nepal and Pakistan. It was also challenged with an array of well-defined <i>Pst</i> pathotypes at seedling growth stages in the greenhouse, and genotyped with molecular markers linked to the adult plant resistance (APR) genes <i>Yr18</i>, <i>Yr36</i> and <i>Yr46</i>. Combined analysis of field rust responses, multi-pathotype seedling phenotyping and marker genotyping resolved seven classes of <i>Pst</i> resistance: uncatalogued (new) APR (UAPR, 11%), uncatalogued seedling resistance (USR, 46%), known seedling resistance (KSR, 5%), KSR + USR (2%), <i>Yr18</i> + UAPR (4%), <i>Yr18</i> + USR (29%) and <i>Yr18</i> + KSR (3%). A majority of the lines carrying UAPR and USR either singly or in combination showed high levels of field resistance across all field sites and years of testing, demonstrating that these lines represent a valuable resource for breeding wheat for resistance to <i>Pst</i>.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":8598,"journal":{"name":"Australasian Plant Pathology","volume":"53 3","pages":"221 - 238"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2024-03-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s13313-024-00971-x.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140099365","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Giti Alizadeh-Moghaddam, Mehdi Nasr-Esfahani, Arman Nasr-Esfahani, Leila Mohammadbagheri
{"title":"A suitable alternative to antifungal agents for the control of early blight disease-Alternaria alternata of tomato","authors":"Giti Alizadeh-Moghaddam, Mehdi Nasr-Esfahani, Arman Nasr-Esfahani, Leila Mohammadbagheri","doi":"10.1007/s13313-024-00968-6","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s13313-024-00968-6","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Early blight (EB), caused by the dominant species <i>Alternaria alternata</i>, is a major global disease of tomato (<i>Solanum lycopersicum</i> L.; Solanaceae) reducing the vegetative organs and causing losses. Sustainable food production mainly depends on the rational use of chemical fertilizers and fungicides in integrated plant disease management. Hence, the fungicidal activity of ortivatop<sup>®</sup> (azoxystrobin + difenoconazole), Signum WG 33.4% (pyraclostrobin + boscalid) and daconyl SC 72% (chlorothalonyl) was evaluated against tomato EB disease under field conditions. Two experiments were conducted during the cropping seasons from 2019 to 2020 in three regions. The experimental design was a randomized block with 4 replications using Ortivatop<sup>®</sup> (ORT) at three doses of -900, -1100 and -1300 ml. ha<sup>−1</sup> (recommended doses of the company), daconyl (DAC) 2 l. ha<sup>−1</sup> and Signum (SIG) 0.5 l. ha<sup>−1</sup>. The findings showed that ORT-1300 (20.6%) and DAC (22.7%) resulted in the lowest EB disease severity, followed by SIG (25.7%), ORT-1100 (26.9%) and ORT-900 (31.7), in contrast to 59.1% of the control. Compared with treatment without fungicide, all fungicides reduced the AUDPC (area under disease progress curve) and provided an increase in productivity. ORT-1300 ml ha<sup>−1</sup> showed the greatest reduction in AUDPC by up to 70% and increased tomato yield by threefold more than the untreated control. Therefore, the current study suggests that foliar spraying with ORT-1300 ml. ha<sup>−1</sup> at all three growth stages, is an ideal solution for EB disease management.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":8598,"journal":{"name":"Australasian Plant Pathology","volume":"53 2","pages":"129 - 140"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2024-03-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140070681","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}
C. F. Ortiz-García, D. Alvarado-Rosales, C. Oropeza, L. de L. Saavedra-Romero, S. Aranda-Ocampo, A. Almaraz-Sánchez, A. Quezada-Salinas, A. Equihua-Martínez, S. E. García-Díaz, M. Narváez, G. Nic-Matos, P. J. Palma-Cancino, E. Ramos-Hernández, C. Silverio-Gómez
{"title":"The decline and death of Canary Island date palms in México City is associated with subgroup 16SrIV-D phytoplasmas","authors":"C. F. Ortiz-García, D. Alvarado-Rosales, C. Oropeza, L. de L. Saavedra-Romero, S. Aranda-Ocampo, A. Almaraz-Sánchez, A. Quezada-Salinas, A. Equihua-Martínez, S. E. García-Díaz, M. Narváez, G. Nic-Matos, P. J. Palma-Cancino, E. Ramos-Hernández, C. Silverio-Gómez","doi":"10.1007/s13313-024-00970-y","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s13313-024-00970-y","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The Canary Island date palm (<i>Phoenix canariensis</i>) is one of the most representative tree species of the urban landscape of México City. However, since the last decade, severe foliar damage and decay has been observed, causing the death of hundreds of individuals in different boroughs of the city’s north zone. The symptoms observed in these affected palms were indicative of Texas Phoenix palm decline (TPPD), a serious disease associated with phytoplasmas of the 16SrIV-D subgroup. In this study, the use of nested-PCR and real-time PCR detected the presence of phytoplasmas of group 16SrIV in 21 out of 25 Canary Island date palms located in the Miguel Hidalgo, Benito Juárez, and Cuauhtémoc boroughs of México City. Sequencing the F2nR2 fragment of the 16S rRNA gene generated from the phytoplasma DNA samples of six positive palms, and subsequent in silico analysis, revealed that these phytoplasmas belonged to the 16SrIV-D subgroup. The presence of this phytoplasma strain in México City extends the range of known climates in which this pathogen and its vectors are capable of subsisting, in addition to evidencing an increase in the geographical distribution of this pathogen in recent years.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":8598,"journal":{"name":"Australasian Plant Pathology","volume":"53 2","pages":"175 - 184"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2024-03-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140019918","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":"Endophytic genera in californian thistle (Cirsium arvense (L.) Scop.)","authors":"Wendy Kentjens, Seona Casonato, Clive Kaiser","doi":"10.1007/s13313-024-00972-w","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s13313-024-00972-w","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p><i>Cirsium arvense</i> is an important weed in temperate areas, causing yield losses in pasture and cropping systems. Endophytes may affect fungal biocontrol agents deployed to control <i>C. arvense</i>. This was the first study sampling leaves, stems, and roots of <i>C. arvense</i> multiple times in one growing season to determine which endophytic genera were associated with this plant species. Eighty-eight endophytic genera were isolated by culture methods and identified with molecular markers. Sixty-five of these have not previously been reported for <i>C. arvense</i>. This study was the first to document many genera belonging to the orders Pleosporales, Hypocreales, and Diaporthales that have not previously been identified in association with <i>C. arvense</i>. In addition, this study isolated more Leotiomycetes and Helothiales than previous studies on <i>C. arvense</i> endophytes. Information on endophytic genera in <i>C. arvense</i> will aid our understanding of biotic factors influencing fungal biocontrol agents and may improve effectiveness of biocontrol agents.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":8598,"journal":{"name":"Australasian Plant Pathology","volume":"53 2","pages":"199 - 210"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2024-02-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s13313-024-00972-w.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140002000","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
R. Silva, K. L. Nechet, L. M. Moriya, V. N. Carvalho, M. R. Biafora, D. E.H. de Souza, B. A. Halfeld-Vieira
{"title":"Etiology and prevalence of macadamia diseases in Brazil","authors":"R. Silva, K. L. Nechet, L. M. Moriya, V. N. Carvalho, M. R. Biafora, D. E.H. de Souza, B. A. Halfeld-Vieira","doi":"10.1007/s13313-024-00969-5","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s13313-024-00969-5","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>In Brazil, the cultivation of macadamia (<i>Macadamia integrifolia)</i> has expanded within the nut industry. However, there is a lack of information concerning the primary macadamia diseases under Brazilian conditions, which is crucial to defining management strategies. This study aims to identify the causal agents responsible for macadamia diseases and determine their prevalence based on a 2-year survey in a representative production area in Brazil. Samples were collected from leaves, trunk sections, racemes, and macadamia fruit from November 2019 to September 2021 in Brazil. All associated microorganisms were isolated, and pathogenicity tests were conducted to fulfill Koch’s postulates. For isolates confirmed as pathogenic, morphological characterisation and molecular identification were performed. The diseases observed, along with their respective prevalence, were as follows: leaf spot caused by <i>Neopestalotiopsis</i> (7%), stem canker caused by <i>Lasiodiplodia</i> (28%), Cladosporium blight caused by <i>Cladosporium</i> (72%), and fruit rot caused by <i>Colletotrichum</i> (18%). This study marks the first reporting of the fungi species <i>L. pseudotheobromae</i>, <i>C. xanthochromaticum</i>, and <i>Co. siamense</i> as phytopathogens of macadamia in Brazil. Additionally, it reports <i>C. xanthochromaticum</i> and <i>Co. siamense</i> for the first time as causal agents of Cladosporium blight and fruit rot in macadamia worldwide, respectively.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":8598,"journal":{"name":"Australasian Plant Pathology","volume":"53 2","pages":"159 - 174"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2024-02-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139979342","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}