ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Identification and diversity of Fusarium species isolated from tomato fruits
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Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
Submission date: 2016-01-20
Acceptance date: 2016-06-20
Corresponding author
Nur Ain Izzati Mohd Zainudin
Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400 UPM Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
Journal of Plant Protection Research 2016;56(3):231-236
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ABSTRACT
Fruit rot of tomato is a serious disease caused by Fusarium species. Sampling was conducted throughout Selangor, Malaysia and fungal species identification was conducted based on morphological and gene encoding translation elongation factor 1-α (tef1-α) sequence analysis. Five species of Fusarium were discovered namely F. oxysporum (including F. oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici), F. solani, F. equiseti, F. proliferatum and F. verticillioides. Our results provide additional information regarding the diversity of Fusarium
species associated with fruit rot disease of tomato.
CONFLICT OF INTEREST
The authors have declared that no conflict of interests exist.
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