Identification and Characterization of Botrytis cinerea Causing Gray Mold on Tomatoes in Cameron Highlands, Malaysia

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  • Siti Fairuz Yusoff
  • Siti Izera Ismail
  • Farah Farhanah Haron
  • Zahir Shah Safari
  • Rohasmizah Hashim

Externe Organisationen

  • Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris
  • Universiti Putra Malaysia
  • Malaysian Agricultural Research and Development Institute
  • Universiti Teknologi MARA
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OriginalspracheEnglisch
Seiten (von - bis)147-158
Seitenumfang11
FachzeitschriftMalaysian Applied Biology
Jahrgang53
Ausgabenummer3
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 30 Sept. 2024

Abstract

Botrytis cinerea, commonly known as gray mold, is a pervasive fungal pathogen that affects a wide range of plant species, leading to significant agricultural losses. The identification of Botrytis cinerea in Malaysia is crucial for protecting the agricultural sector, minimizing economic losses, ensuring food security, maintaining export quality, addressing environmental concerns, and advancing scientific research. In the present research, tomato fruits collected from Cameron Highlands, Pahang, Malaysia showed gray mold disease symptoms of B. cinerea. The fungal isolates were examined morphologically for colony colour, growth rate, conidiophores, conidia shape, and sclerotia on PDA and V8 agar. According to the results, conidiophores appeared in grape shape and length was range of 21.26-32.52 μm, ovoid conidial dimensions were in the range of 10.03-16.08 × 7.37-11.15 μm and sclerotia size was range 1.91-4.50 × 1.70-4.00 mm. All isolates were attributed to the morphospecies Botrytis cinerea on account of these characteristics. The resulting sequences deposited in GenBank were accessions MT012053 to MT012062, respectively. A BLAST analysis of the resulting 550-bp nucleotide sequences showed 99-100% identity closest matched to B. cinerea. The pathogenicity experiments showed P6 isolates of B. cinerea were highly pathogenic and caused gray mold development on tomato fruits that led to severe symptoms in five days. Meanwhile, the least pathogenic isolate was P9. In terms of temperature, B. cinerea grew faster on PDA at 20ºC, slower grew below 20ºC and did not grow at 25ºC. Identification and characterization of B. cinerea on tomato could potentially provide information to assist disease management strategies for B. cinerea.

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Identification and Characterization of Botrytis cinerea Causing Gray Mold on Tomatoes in Cameron Highlands, Malaysia. / Yusoff, Siti Fairuz; Ismail, Siti Izera; Farhanah Haron, Farah et al.
in: Malaysian Applied Biology, Jahrgang 53, Nr. 3, 30.09.2024, S. 147-158.

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Yusoff, SF, Ismail, SI, Farhanah Haron, F, Safari, ZS & Hashim, R 2024, 'Identification and Characterization of Botrytis cinerea Causing Gray Mold on Tomatoes in Cameron Highlands, Malaysia', Malaysian Applied Biology, Jg. 53, Nr. 3, S. 147-158. https://doi.org/10.55230/mabjournal.v53i3.2880
Yusoff, S. F., Ismail, S. I., Farhanah Haron, F., Safari, Z. S., & Hashim, R. (2024). Identification and Characterization of Botrytis cinerea Causing Gray Mold on Tomatoes in Cameron Highlands, Malaysia. Malaysian Applied Biology, 53(3), 147-158. https://doi.org/10.55230/mabjournal.v53i3.2880
Yusoff SF, Ismail SI, Farhanah Haron F, Safari ZS, Hashim R. Identification and Characterization of Botrytis cinerea Causing Gray Mold on Tomatoes in Cameron Highlands, Malaysia. Malaysian Applied Biology. 2024 Sep 30;53(3):147-158. doi: 10.55230/mabjournal.v53i3.2880
Yusoff, Siti Fairuz ; Ismail, Siti Izera ; Farhanah Haron, Farah et al. / Identification and Characterization of Botrytis cinerea Causing Gray Mold on Tomatoes in Cameron Highlands, Malaysia. in: Malaysian Applied Biology. 2024 ; Jahrgang 53, Nr. 3. S. 147-158.
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