Claim · model-written summary
Sequences of the isolate from the diseased blueberry showed 100% identity with Botryosphaeria dothidea reference sequences for EF1, tub2 and ITS.
- Taxon
- highbush blueberry
Vaccinium corymbosume1 - Interactor
- Botryosphaeria dothidea
Botryosphaeria dothideae0pathogen - Outcome
- identity with Botryosphaeria dothidea reference sequencese0
- Value
- 100%e0
Verbatim
e0“Results showed 100% identity with Botryosphaeria dothidea reference sequences for EF1 (KY552669), tub2 (OP651769) and ITS (OP926951)”
e1“highbush blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum L.)”
Title
First Report of Botryosphaeria dothidea Causing Stem Blight to Highbush Blueberry in Michigan
Adam Adaskaveg; Lexi Heger; Jack E. Bachand; et al. Plant Disease 2026. doi:10.1094/pdis-11-25-2235-pdn
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- Observation Inoculated blueberry shoots showed wilting, leaf death, darkening of tissue near inoculation and stem blight.
- Observation Symptoms began as soon as 7 days post inoculation, most starting at 14 days post inoculation.
- Observation Pycnidia formed around the inoculated area and surrounding lesions on inoculated blueberry shoots.
- Intervention effect Of 32 shoots inoculated with Botryosphaeria dothidea, 31 showed symptoms, versus untreated control shoots.
- Observation The fungus was recovered from all 31 symptomatic inoculated blueberry plants.
- Observation All 32 untreated control shoots were asymptomatic, although 3 were contaminated with the pathogen.
- Observation This is the first report of botryosphaeria stem blight caused by Botryosphaeria dothidea in Michigan blueberries.