Claim · model-written summary
The authors report the first virulent L. theobromae isolate associated with cocoa dieback in Sulawesi.
- Taxon
- cocoa
Theobroma cacaoe0 - Interactor
- L. theobromae
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Lasiodiplodia theobromaee0pathogen - Outcome
- first report of a virulent isolatee0
- Setting
- Sulawesie0
Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageSecond interactorSecond interactor roleTreatmentComparatorDirectionValueQualifier
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
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Verbatim
e0“This is the first report of a virulent isolate of L. theobromae associated with cocoa dieback in Sulawesi.”
Title
Asman Asman; Ade Rosmana; Bryan A. Bailey; et al. Journal of Phytopathology 2024. doi:10.1111/jph.13352
Other claims from this paper (8)
- Observation Four of seven fungal isolates from diseased stems resembled Lasiodiplodia.
- Observation Sequencing identified three isolates as L. theobromae.
- Observation Sequencing identified one isolate as L. pseudotheobromae.
- Observation L. theobromae CAS0321 was the most aggressive isolate in a leaf disk assay.
- Observation Other Lasiodiplodia isolates were less aggressive.
- Observation Fusarium isolates were less aggressive.
- Observation The Diaporthe isolate was less aggressive.
- Intervention effect CAS0321 inoculation caused elongated stem streaks and dark vascular streaking on cocoa seedlings.