Abstract
This study aimed at evaluating the effects of culture media and environmental factors (temperature and water potential (Ψw)) on the growth of the pathogenic fungus Phytopythium vexans (de Bary) associated with root rot and dieback disease in apple trees. Tomato agar, potato dextrose agar (PDA), and soybean agar were the most favourable for rapid mycelial growth, with optimum growth recorded for PDA medium. To determine the environmental conditions that promoted the development of this phytopathogen, the effects of temperature (5–30 °C), water potential (Ψw) (−15.54; −0.67 MPa) (0.89–0.995 aw), and their interaction were evaluated on the in vitro radial growth rates of the five isolates of P. vexans and on their latency phase (time period prior to growth). The results of this study showed that temperature, water potential, and their interaction had significant effects (p < 0.001) on the radial growth rates and latency phases of all tested P. vexans isolates. All isolates were able to grow throughout the temperature range (5 to 30 °C), with the maximum radial growth rate being observed at the highest temperatures, 25–30 °C. Growth was seen to be faster at −0.67 MPa (0.995 aw) at 25 °C and 30 °C. No growth was observed at Ψw < −5.44 MPa (0.96 aw), regardless of the temperature. It was found that the length of the latency phase depended significantly on both environmental factors. The longest latency phases (5 days on average) were recorded at a temperature of 5 °C and Ψw of −0.67 MPa (0.995 aw) and −2.69 MPa (0.98 aw), while the shortest latency phases were observed at a temperature of 30 °C and a Ψw of −0.67 MPa (0.995 aw), with an average of 0.2 days. The findings from this study could help to understand the impact of these environmental factors on the occurrence of diseases caused by P. vexans and more likely to design a reliable preventive control strategy based on the avoidance of conditions that play in favour of the phytopathogen.
Subject
General Earth and Planetary Sciences,General Environmental Science
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