Characterization of Corynespora cassiicola causing leaf spot and fruit rot in eggplant ( Solanum melongena L.)

Pathogenicity of Corynespora cassiicola from eggplant to various plant species

“…This study showed that C. cassiicola MBEPFR02, originally from eggplant (Aumentado & Balendres, 2022a), was pathogenic to various plant species, including tomato and soybean. Some of these plant species are often used as rotation crops.…”

“…In early 2021, a fungal pathogen was isolated from eggplant fruit rots. The pathogen was identified as Corynespora cassiicola MBEPFR02 based on combined morpho‐cultural and molecular characterization using the partial sequence of the internal transcribed spacer region (Aumentado & Balendres, 2022a). This was the first report of this pathogen in eggplant.…”

“…Corynespora cassiicola is a necrotrophic fungus in the tropics and subtropics, causing major economic losses in over 70 countries globally (Silva et al, 1995). It is mainly a leaf pathogen but has also been reported to cause severe fruit, stem, and root diseases (Aumentado & Balendres, 2022a; Jones et al, 1991). This fungus has been reported to infect >530 important plant species (Dixon et al, 2009; Farr & Rossman, 2021; Smith, 2008).…”

“…Corynespora cassiicola MBEPFR02 was obtained from the Fungal Repository of the Plant Pathology Laboratory, Institute of Plant Breeding, College of Agriculture and Food Science, University of the Philippines, Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines. The pathogen was identified based on combined morpho‐cultural, pathogenicity, and molecular characterization assays (Aumentado & Balendres, 2022a).…”

“…The findings suggest that there could be strain‐specific pathogenicity of C. cassiicola to plant species assayed. Because only a single strain was obtained from the previous work (Aumentado & Balendres, 2022a), comparative pathogenicity using various C. cassiicola strains (coming from various host plants) was not performed. Future studies using various C. cassiicola strains could explain the variation in plant species response to C. cassiicola used in various studies (Dixon et al, 2009; Shimomoto et al, 2011; Sumabat et al, 2018; This study).…”