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Journal of Integrative Agriculture  2018, Vol. 17 Issue (11): 2596-2599    DOI: 10.1016/S2095-3119(18)62091-X
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First report of Athelia bombacina causing postharvest fruit rot on pear
JIA Xiao-hui1, 2, FU Jun-fan1, WANG Wen-hui2, CUI Jian-chao2, DU Yan-min2, ZHOU Ru-jun1, SUN Pingping2
1 Plant Protection College, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang 110866, P.R.China
2 Research Institute of Pomology, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Xingcheng 125100, P.R.China
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Abstract  Pear is an important fruit crop in the world. An uncharacterized disease has been observed on pear fruits during cold storage in Suning, Shenzhou, Xinji and other locations in Hebei Province, China. The incidence rate of the disease has reached 10%, and sometimes up to 20%. A particular fungus was consistently isolated from the infected pear fruit and cultured. Based on its morphology, molecular characteristics, pathogenicity and ITS sequence, the fungus was identified as Athelia bombacina. To our knowledge, this is the first report of Athelia bombacina causing postharvest fruit rot on pear.
Keywords:  pear        pathogenicity        postharvest        Athelia bombacina        fruit rot  
Received: 11 June 2018   Accepted:
Fund: This study was supported by a grant from the National Key R&D Program of China (2016YFD0400903-06), the emarked fund for China Agriculture Research System (CARS-29-19), and the Agricultural Science and Technology Innovation Program of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS-ASTIP).
Corresponding Authors:  Correspondence FU Jun-fan, Mobile: +86-13940341802,E-mail: fujunfan@163.com   
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JIA Xiao-hui, FU Jun-fan, WANG Wen-hui, CUI Jian-chao, DU Yan-min, ZHOU Ru-jun, SUN Pingping. 2018. First report of Athelia bombacina causing postharvest fruit rot on pear. Journal of Integrative Agriculture, 17(11): 2596-2599.

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