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Tabebuia rosea (rosy trumpet) is an economically important Neotropical tree in Mexico that is highly valued for the quality of its wood, which is used for furniture, crafts, and packing, and for its use as an ornamental and shade tree in parks and gardens. During surveys conducted in the lower Balsas River Basin region in the states of Guerrero and Michoacán, symptoms of floral malformation were detected in T. rosea trees. The main objectives of this study were to describe this new disease, to determine its causal agent, and to identify it using DNA sequence data. A second set of objectives was to analyze the phylogenetic relationship of the causal agent to Fusarium associated with Swietenia macrophylla trees with malformation surveyed in the same region, and to compare mycotoxin production and the mating type idiomorphs of fusaria recovered from T. rosea and S. macrophylla. Tabebuia rosea showed malformed inflorescences with multiple, tightly curled shoots, and shortened internodes. A total of 31 Fusarium isolates recovered from symptomatic T. rosea (N = 20) and S. macrophylla (N = 11) trees were identified by molecular analysis as F. pseudocircinatum. Pathogenicity tests showed that isolates of F. pseudocircinatum recovered from T. rosea, induced malformation in inoculated T. rosea seedlings. Eighteen F. pseudocircinatum isolates were tested for their ability to produce mycotoxins and other secondary metabolites. Moniliformin, fusaric acid, bikaverin, beauvericin, aurofusarin and 8-O-methylbostrycoidin were produced by at least 1 strain of the 18 isolates tested. A multiplex PCR assay for mating type idiomorph revealed that 22 F. pseudocircinatum isolates were MAT1-1 and 9 were MAT1-2. Here we report a new disease of T. rosea in Mexico caused by F. pseudocircinatum.
Tabebuia rosea (rosy trumpet) is an economically important Neotropical tree in Mexico that is highly valued for the quality of its wood, which is used for furniture, crafts, and packing, and for its use as an ornamental and shade tree in parks and gardens. During surveys conducted in the lower Balsas River Basin region in the states of Guerrero and Michoacán, symptoms of floral malformation were detected in T. rosea trees. The main objectives of this study were to describe this new disease, to determine its causal agent, and to identify it using DNA sequence data. A second set of objectives was to analyze the phylogenetic relationship of the causal agent to Fusarium associated with Swietenia macrophylla trees with malformation surveyed in the same region, and to compare mycotoxin production and the mating type idiomorphs of fusaria recovered from T. rosea and S. macrophylla. Tabebuia rosea showed malformed inflorescences with multiple, tightly curled shoots, and shortened internodes. A total of 31 Fusarium isolates recovered from symptomatic T. rosea (N = 20) and S. macrophylla (N = 11) trees were identified by molecular analysis as F. pseudocircinatum. Pathogenicity tests showed that isolates of F. pseudocircinatum recovered from T. rosea, induced malformation in inoculated T. rosea seedlings. Eighteen F. pseudocircinatum isolates were tested for their ability to produce mycotoxins and other secondary metabolites. Moniliformin, fusaric acid, bikaverin, beauvericin, aurofusarin and 8-O-methylbostrycoidin were produced by at least 1 strain of the 18 isolates tested. A multiplex PCR assay for mating type idiomorph revealed that 22 F. pseudocircinatum isolates were MAT1-1 and 9 were MAT1-2. Here we report a new disease of T. rosea in Mexico caused by F. pseudocircinatum.
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