First Report of Gilbertella persicaria Causing Papaya Fruit Rot

Identificación de hongos mucorales causantes de la pudrición blanda en frutos de papaya (Carica papaya L.) en México

“…Morphotype 1 (petaloid colonies, brown sporangia) was observed in 31% of the isolates, while the rest of the isolates presented morphotype 2 (69%). G. persicaria is a common pathogen in tropical and subtropical regions, causing the soft rot of tomato, pear, peach, pitahaya, jambolan (Ginting et al, 1996;Guo et al, 2012;Pinho et al, 2014) and recently, it was reported to have infected papaya fruits in the state of Colima, Mexico (Cruz-Lachica et al, 2016). This study reports the presence of this species in the states of Oaxaca and Veracruz, showing that it is present in other papaya producing regions and its distribution should be considered important.…”

“…El morfotipo 1 (colonias petaladas, esporangios café) se observó en el 31% de los aislamientos; mientras que el resto de aislamientos mostró el morfotipo 2 (69%). G. persicaria es un patógeno común en regiones tropicales y subtropicales causando la pudrición blanda de tomate, pera, durazno, pitahaya, jambolán (Ginting et al, 1996;Guo et al, 2012;Pinho et al, 2014) y recientemente, se reportó causando enfermedad en frutos de papaya en el estado de Colima, México (Cruz-Lachica et al, 2016); en este estudio se reporta la presencia de esta especie en los estados de Oaxaca y Veracruz con lo que se demuestra que está presente en otras regiones de producción de papaya y debería considerarse su distribución como un factor de importancia.…”

“…Recently, G. persicaria was reported to be affecting fruits in the state of Colima (Cruz-Lachica et al, 2016); however, the identification studies of these species are scarce and are based on the morphological characteristics of the microorganisms and in symptoms of the disease (Suárez-Quiroz et al, 2013), which, in these species, is highly susceptible to errors (Ginting et al, 1996). The aim of this study was to identify the species of mucoralean fungi that cause soft rot in papaya fruits by an identification process that included morphological and molecular characterization.…”

Ecology of pitaya stem rot caused by Gilbertella persicaria and its biological control by phyllosphere bacteria

“…Fruit rot disease caused by G . persicaria has been reported in peach, apricot, apple, pear, and tomato (Ginting, 1996), papaya (Cruz‐Lachica et al, 2016), and dragon fruit (Taba et al, 2011). Ginting (1996) reported that wounds on the pitaya fruits after harvest were important for the incidence of fungal infection, as reported for other fruits; however, this is the first study to demonstrate the effects of stem wounds and their depth on disease incidence.…”

First reported case of Gilbertella persicaria in human stool: outcome of a community study from Segamat, Johor, Malaysia

“…Gilbertella persicaria is a well-documented post-harvest plant pathogen usually causing soft rot in fruits including tomatoes [1], peaches [2], papayas [3], dragon fruits [4], java plums [5], or eggplants [6] and it has also been isolated from soil, water, and animal dung. This fungus, considered as a zygomycete, forms part of the subphylum Mucoromycotina, the order Mucorales and belongs to the Choanephoraceae family.…”