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The wilt of winter cucumber in south eastern Spain caused by Pythium irregulare

Authors: Gómez-Vázquez, Julio María; Serrano Alonso, Y.; Melero-Vara, José M.;

The wilt of winter cucumber in south eastern Spain caused by Pythium irregulare

Abstract

[ES] Pythium irregulare se aisló de plantas adultas de pepino con necrosis en la base del tallo, marchitez y, a menudo, muertas; síntomas que fueron particularmente observados en los cultivos de invierno de los invernaderos del sudeste de España. Los daños fueron frecuentemente importantes porque los síntomas se manifestaron durante la recolección de los frutos. A mediados de octubre se inocularon plantas de pepino del cv. Nevada, en estado de 4-7 hojas verdaderas, que habían sido sembradas a finales de septiembre. La inoculación se realizó con suspensiones acuosas de estructuras de varios aislados de P. irregulare obtenidos de plantas enfermas de pepino o tomate. Plantas no inoculadas sirvieron como testigos. Los síntomas se anotaron semanalmente hasta que finalizó el experimento a mediados de enero, y se calculó la producción acumulada de frutos comercializables. El experimento se repitió el año siguiente. Se observó un alto porcentaje (entre el 93,1 y el 97,9%) de plantas marchitas o muertas, en las parcelas inoculadas con los aislados de P. irregulare obtenidos de pepino, que fueron más agresivos que los de tomate. Las plantas no inoculadas permanecieron sin síntomas. En ambos experimentos, la producción de frutos fue significativamente más baja en las parcelas inoculadas con los aislados obtenidos de pepino, debido principalmente a la reducción del número de frutos más que al peso de éstos. Se señala por vez primera a P. irregulare como agente causal de la podredumbre de raíces de pepino en invernaderos de Almería (España), con la mayor concentración de invernaderos de plástico del mundo.

[EN] Pythium irregulare was isolated from adult cucumber plants with stem base necrosis, wilt or, frequently, that were dead; symptoms were particularly observed in crops grown in winter in plastic-houses in south eastern Spain. Damage was often important because symptoms develop during the fruit harvesting period. Cucumber plants cv. Nevada sown in late September were inoculated at the 4-7 leaf stage (mid October) with a suspension of propagules of P. irregulare isolated from diseased cucumber or tomato plants. Non-inoculated plants served as controls. Symptoms were recorded weekly until the end of the experiment in mid January and cumulative marketable yields calculated. The experiment was repeated the following year. A high incidence (93.1 and 97.9%) of diseased or dead plants occurred in plots inoculated with isolates of P. irregulare from cucumber, which were significantly more aggressive than tomato isolates. Plants in non-inoculated plots remained symptom free. Yields were significantly lower in plots inoculated with cucumber isolates in both years, mainly due to reductions in the number of fruits rather than fruit weight. This is the first report of P. irregulare as the causal agent of root rot in plastic-houses of cucumber plants in Almería (Spain), one of the world’s largest concentrations of plastic-houses.

We are grateful to Josefina Ros for her technical help and the Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria (INIA) for financial support.

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Keywords

Etiología, Patógenos zoospóricos, Soil-less crops, Oomycetes, Fruit yield, Zoosporic pathogens, Oomycetos, Cucumis sativus, Aetiology, Mermas de cosecha, Cultivo sin suelo

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