Advances and prospects in Verticillium research of stone fruit cultures in Hungary

Researchers of Hungary did not take part in the work of the international Verticillium community, because there was no substantial research in this field. This poster is the first sign of the renewal of our activity in the study of wilt diseases. Verticillium wilt is a widespread plant disease in Hungary, its economical importance is well known in stone fruit orchards. In the past there was important research activity in the country related to this pathogen. Artifical inoculation tests and many studies (disease etiology, effect of soil) were carried out by István Berend in the 1940s, susceptibility of apricot roostocks were studied for several years by Gabriella Kovács in the 1960s, and many isolates were collected by László Vajna from different hosts in the 1980s. Unfortunately from the 1990s there was no significant research work related to Verticillium wilt in our country, therefore we decided to renew this research topic at the NARIC – Fruitculture Research Institute. The most important aims of our research project are: investigating the distribution of the pathogen in Hungary, collecting isolates from different hosts, identify species with molecular methods, investigating phylogenetic relationships and host specificity of the isolates. Since 2015 several isolates were collected from different hosts (cherry, sweet cherry, apricot, maple, sea buckthorn), identification of isolates were carried out by sequence analysis of ITS regions. An artifical inoculation experiment was set up to test the host specificity and susceptibility of Prunus mahaleb and Prunus cerasifera seedlings, preliminary results are presented.

Publications

Book of Abstracts

12th International Verticillium Symposium Book of Abstracts, Ljubljana, Slovenia, October 6-9. 2016. 47. ISBN 978-961-6379-38-0 Published: 11-10-2016

Details

Activity type

Publication in scientific journal (peer review)

Activity work package

Secure sustainable fruit production

Activity number

NARIC-WP5-A11

Activity contact

Ferenc Izsépi
NARIC Fruitculture Research Institute
Budapest
Park u. 2
1223
Hungary
[email protected]

Activity partner

NARIC

Activity country

Hungary

Last edit

18-07-2017