First report of Fusarium decemcellulare causing inflorescence wilt and vascular and flower necrosis of rambutan (Nephelium lappaceum), longan (Dimocarpus longan), and mango (Mangifera indica).
Serrato-Diaz L. M., Perez-Cuevas M., Rivera-Vargas L. I., Goenaga R., French-Monar R. D.
Author Affiliation: Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service, Amarillo, Texas, USA.
Plant Disease 99 :1187
Abstract : During a disease survey in Puerto Rico conducted from 2008 to 2010, 50% of the inflorescences were affected with inflorescence wilt and flower and vascular necrosis in 70% of the fields of rambutan and longan at the USDA-ARS Research Farm in Isabela, 3 commercial orchards and the Mango Germplasm Collection of the University of Puerto Rico's Experiment Station in Juana Diaz. The causal pathogen was identified as Albonectria rigidiuscula based on cultural, morphological, genetic (ITS and PCR) and pathogenicity analyses. This is thought to be the first report of A. rigidiuscula causing inflorescence wilt and vascular and flower necrosis in rambutan, longan and mango.