Paper · 2025 · Egyptian Journal of Phytopathology

Isolation and Characterization of Fungi Associated with Dry Rot of Potato Tubers in Minya Governorate

Thanaa Mousa; Anwar Galal; Farag Mohamed Farag; et al.

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Abstract

Potato is one of the world's most significant food crops. During storage and transportation, potato tuber dry rots result in substantial losses that reduce quality and marketable production. Tuber losses from dry rots during storage range from 6.35 to 25 % annually. Dry rots of potato tubers, Cara cv., were surveyed in four counties: Minya, Samalut, Abu Qurqas and Matay, belonging to Minya governorate. The disease was detected in all potato storages in the three counties under investigation. Minya county had the highest disease incidence and severity followed by Matay, however Abu Qurqas county had the lowest disease incidence and severity. Nine isolates (presented 75%) of Fusarium sp., and three (25%) of Alternaria sp. were isolated from naturally rotted tubers of Cara cv. collected from different potato stores. PCR identification of the most virulent isolates, Fusarium isolate No.F4 and isolate No.A10 of Alternaria confirmed that Fusarium isolates were Fusarium oxysporum (accession No. PV400667) whereas Alternaria isolate was Alternaria alternata (accession No. PV390825). All genotypes of potato under study were susceptible to infection with all the five isolates evaluated, showing different degrees of DI% and DS%. Cara genotype was the highest susceptible one, while Lady Rosetta was more resistant. At the same time, isolate (F3) of F. oxysporum induced the maximum DI and DS, while A10 isolate of A. alternata showed the least DI and DS% on Cara, Sifra and Sponta genotypes, whereas F4 isolate of F. oxysporum induced the lowest disease severity and incidence on Pran, Metro and Lady Rosetta genotypes. The ability of different isolates to infect tomato, pepper, eggplant, cotton, hibiscus, and okra differed according to the host under study. Except hibiscus, isolate F4 of F. oxysporum was able to infect all tested plants. Whereas isolate F3 infected tomato, pepper, and eggplant. While isolates F1 and F2 infected tomato only. Isolate A10 of A. alternate infected tomato and eggplant. Hibiscus plants showed more resistance to any of the tested isolates.

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Observationobservedoriginal resultmeasured

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Dry rot was detected in all surveyed potato storages.

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disease was detectede0
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three countiese0

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Solanum tuberosum
Solanum tuberosum · TaxonScott Bauer, USDA ARS · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“The disease was detected in all potato storages in the three counties under investigation”

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Minya had the highest potato dry rot incidence and severity, followed by Matay.

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disease incidence and severitye0
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higheste0
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Minya countye0

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Solanum tuberosum
Solanum tuberosum · TaxonScott Bauer, USDA ARS · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“Minya county had the highest disease incidence and severity followed by Matay”

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“potato tuber dry rots”

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Abu Qurqas had the lowest potato dry rot incidence and severity.

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disease incidence and severitye0
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loweste0
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Abu Qurqas countye0

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Solanum tuberosum
Solanum tuberosum · TaxonScott Bauer, USDA ARS · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“Abu Qurqas county had the lowest disease incidence and severity”

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“potato tuber dry rots”

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Nine Fusarium isolates, representing 75%, were obtained from rotted Cara potato tubers.

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Cara cv.e0
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Fusarium sp.Fusariume0pathogen
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isolatese0
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75%e0

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Solanum tuberosum
Solanum tuberosum · TaxonScott Bauer, USDA ARS · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons ↗
Fusarium
Fusarium · Interactor · picture of the genus (one of its species)Public domain · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“Nine isolates (presented 75%) of Fusarium sp., and three (25%) of Alternaria sp. were isolated from naturally rotted tubers of Cara cv.”

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“potato tubers”

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Three Alternaria isolates, representing 25%, were obtained from rotted Cara potato tubers.

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Cara cv.e0
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Alternaria sp.Alternariae0pathogen
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isolated from naturally rotted tuberse0
Value
25%e0

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Solanum tuberosum
Solanum tuberosum · TaxonScott Bauer, USDA ARS · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons ↗
Alternaria
Alternaria · Interactor · picture of the genus (one of its species)http://phil.cdc.gov/phil_images/20030612/9/PHIL_3963_lores.jpg · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“three (25%) of Alternaria sp. were isolated from naturally rotted tubers of Cara cv.”

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“potato tubers”

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Observationobservedoriginal resultmeasured

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PCR identified the virulent Fusarium isolate as Fusarium oxysporum.

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Fusarium oxysporumFusarium oxysporume0pathogen
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Fusarium isolates were Fusarium oxysporume0

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Solanum tuberosum
Solanum tuberosum · TaxonScott Bauer, USDA ARS · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons ↗
Fusarium oxysporum
Fusarium oxysporum · InteractorClemson University - USDA Cooperative Extension Slide Series · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“Fusarium isolates were Fusarium oxysporum (accession No. PV400667)”

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“potato tubers”

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PCR identified the virulent Alternaria isolate as Alternaria alternata.

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Alternaria alternataAlternaria alternatae0pathogen
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Alternaria isolate was Alternaria alternatae0

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Solanum tuberosum
Solanum tuberosum · TaxonScott Bauer, USDA ARS · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons ↗
Alternaria alternata
Alternaria alternata · Interactor · picture from its Wikimedia Commons categoryMarta Hiromi Taniwaki, Secretaria de Agricultura e Abastecimento · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“Alternaria isolate was Alternaria alternata (accession No. PV390825)”

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“potato tubers”

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Observationobservedoriginal resultmeasured

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All studied potato genotypes were susceptible to all five tested isolates, with differing disease incidence and severity.

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susceptible to infectione0
Qualifier
different degrees of DI% and DS%e0

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Solanum tuberosum
Solanum tuberosum · TaxonScott Bauer, USDA ARS · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“All genotypes of potato under study were susceptible to infection with all the five isolates evaluated, showing different degrees of DI% and DS%”

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Observationobservedoriginal resultmeasured

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Cara was the most susceptible potato genotype.

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Carae0
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highest susceptiblee0

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Solanum tuberosum
Solanum tuberosum · TaxonScott Bauer, USDA ARS · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“Cara genotype was the highest susceptible one”

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“genotypes of potato”

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Lady Rosetta was more resistant among potato genotypes.

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Lady Rosettae0
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more resistante0

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Solanum tuberosum
Solanum tuberosum · TaxonScott Bauer, USDA ARS · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“Lady Rosetta was more resistant”

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“genotypes of potato”

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F. oxysporum isolate F3 caused the greatest disease incidence and severity.

Interactor
F. oxysporumFusarium oxysporume0pathogen
Outcome
maximum DI and DSe0
Qualifier
isolate (F3)e0

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Solanum tuberosum
Solanum tuberosum · TaxonScott Bauer, USDA ARS · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons ↗
Fusarium oxysporum
Fusarium oxysporum · InteractorClemson University - USDA Cooperative Extension Slide Series · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“isolate (F3) of F. oxysporum induced the maximum DI and DS”

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“genotypes of potato”

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Observationobservedoriginal resultmeasured

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A. alternata isolate A10 caused the least incidence and severity on Cara, Sifra and Sponta potatoes.

Interactor
A. alternataAlternaria alternatae0pathogen
Outcome
least DI and DS%e0
Qualifier
Cara, Sifra and Sponta genotypese0

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Solanum tuberosum
Solanum tuberosum · TaxonScott Bauer, USDA ARS · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons ↗
Alternaria alternata
Alternaria alternata · Interactor · picture from its Wikimedia Commons categoryMarta Hiromi Taniwaki, Secretaria de Agricultura e Abastecimento · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“A10 isolate of A. alternata showed the least DI and DS% on Cara, Sifra and Sponta genotypes”

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“genotypes of potato”

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Observationobservedoriginal resultmeasured

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F. oxysporum isolate F4 caused the lowest potato disease incidence and severity on Pran, Metro and Lady Rosetta.

Interactor
F. oxysporumFusarium oxysporume0pathogen
Outcome
lowest disease severity and incidencee0
Qualifier
Pran, Metro and Lady Rosetta genotypese0

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Solanum tuberosum
Solanum tuberosum · TaxonScott Bauer, USDA ARS · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons ↗
Fusarium oxysporum
Fusarium oxysporum · InteractorClemson University - USDA Cooperative Extension Slide Series · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“F4 isolate of F. oxysporum induced the lowest disease severity and incidence on Pran, Metro and Lady Rosetta genotypes”

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“genotypes of potato”

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Observationobservedoriginal resultmeasured

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F. oxysporum isolate F4 infected every tested plant except hibiscus.

Taxon
plantsViridiplantaee0
Interactor
F. oxysporumFusarium oxysporume0pathogen
Outcome
able to infect all tested plantse0
Qualifier
Except hibiscuse0

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Fusarium oxysporum
Fusarium oxysporum · InteractorClemson University - USDA Cooperative Extension Slide Series · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“Except hibiscus, isolate F4 of F. oxysporum was able to infect all tested plants”

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Observationobservedoriginal resultmeasured

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F. oxysporum isolate F3 infected tomato, pepper and eggplant.

Interactor
F. oxysporumFusarium oxysporume1pathogen
Outcome
infected tomato, pepper, and eggplante0

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Solanum lycopersicum
Solanum lycopersicum · TaxonKod B · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗
Fusarium oxysporum
Fusarium oxysporum · InteractorClemson University - USDA Cooperative Extension Slide Series · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“isolate F3 infected tomato, pepper, and eggplant”

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“isolate (F3) of F. oxysporum induced the maximum DI and DS”

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Observationobservedoriginal resultmeasured

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F. oxysporum isolates F1 and F2 infected tomato only.

Interactor
F. oxysporumFusarium oxysporume1pathogen
Outcome
infected tomato onlye0

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Solanum lycopersicum
Solanum lycopersicum · TaxonKod B · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗
Fusarium oxysporum
Fusarium oxysporum · InteractorClemson University - USDA Cooperative Extension Slide Series · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“isolates F1 and F2 infected tomato only”

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“isolate (F3) of F. oxysporum induced the maximum DI and DS”

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Observationobservedoriginal resultmeasured

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Alternaria isolate A10 infected tomato and eggplant.

Interactor
A. alternatee0pathogen
Outcome
infected tomato and eggplante0

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Solanum lycopersicum
Solanum lycopersicum · TaxonKod B · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“Isolate A10 of A. alternate infected tomato and eggplant”

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Hibiscus resisted all tested isolates more than the other tested hosts.

Taxon
HibiscusHibiscuse0
Outcome
more resistancee0

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Hibiscus
Hibiscus · Taxon · picture of the genus (one of its species)Marshman at en.wikipedia / Eric Guinther · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“Hibiscus plants showed more resistance to any of the tested isolates”

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