Claim · model-written summary
Inoculated honeydew fruit developed dry rotten cavities.
- Taxon
- honeydew
Cucumis melo var. inodoruse0 - Treatment
- inoculatione2
- Interactor
- A. citrulliParacidovorax citrullie3pathogen
- Outcome
- dry, rotten gray cavitiese0
- Value
- 4 to 6 cme0
- Comparator
- negative control fruitse1
Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageSecond interactorSecond interactor roleSettingDirectionQualifier
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Verbatim
e0“honeydew fruit exhibited dry, rotten gray cavities (4 to 6 cm in diameter) in the pericarp tissue below the rind”
e1“negative control fruits”
e2“inoculation”
e3“confirmed as A. citrulli by species-specific PCR”
Title
First Report of Bacterial Fruit Blotch on Melon Caused by Acidovorax citrulli in California
L. B. Kumagai; P. W. Woods; R. Walcott; et al. Plant Disease 2014. doi:10.1094/pdis-03-14-0286-pdn
Other claims from this paper (8)
- Observation A California melon sample showed angular and V-shaped leaf lesions.
- Method / resource The isolated strain was identified as A. citrulli by immunoassay and PCR.
- Observation The 16S fragment matched an A. citrulli reference at 100% identity.
- Intervention effect Inoculated watermelon seedlings developed necrotic lesions and collapsed cotyledons.
- Intervention effect Inoculated watermelon fruit collapsed in watery rot.
- Observation The melon seed lot tested positive for A. citrulli.
- Observation California A. citrulli strains were subgroup II haplotype C.
- Observation The authors report the first official record of bacterial fruit blotch in California.