Author(s)

Yuanzhi Chen^*, Quan Zhou^*, Yangying Sun, Ran Li, Yaoyao Liu, Ting Zhou^#

College of Life and Environmental Science, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, China.

Brown rots of Red Fuji apples were observed in Hangzhou city (Zhengjiang Province, China). The causal agent was isolated and identified in both morphological and molecular genetic levels. The phenotype and phylogenetic analysis revealed that the isolate was Diaporthe phaseolorum var. caulivora, and its pathogenicity on apple fruit was confirmed by re-inoculation experiment. To our knowledge, this is the first report of D. phaseolorum var. caulivora causing postharvest fruit rot on apple in China.

Apple, Postharvest Pathogen, ITS-rDNA, Diaporthe phaseolorum var. caulivora

Chen, Y. , Zhou, Q. , Sun, Y. , Li, R. , Liu, Y. and Zhou, T. (2020) First Report of a Postharvest Fruit Rot on Apple Caused by Diaporthe phaseolorum var. caulivora in China: A Note. American Journal of Plant Sciences, 11, 1612-1617. doi: 10.4236/ajps.2020.1110116.