Characterization of Species Causing Brown Leaf Spot on Italian Ryegrass () in Southwestern China.

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State Key Laboratory of Grassland Agro-Ecosystems; Key Laboratory of Grassland Livestock Industry Innovation, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs; Engineering Research Center of Grassland Industry, Ministry of Education; Gansu Tech Innovation Center of Western China Grassland Industry; Center for Grassland Microbiome; College of Pastoral Agriculture Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730020, China.

Published: July 2020

Drechslera leaf spot (DLS) caused by () species is one of the most serious diseases affecting Italian ryegrass () in China. Between 2015 and 2018, this disease was observed in three Italian ryegrass fields in the province of Sichuan, China. Average leaf disease incidence was approximately 1 to 12% but could range up to 100%. Symptoms appeared as brown or tan spots surrounded by a yellow halo, or brown to dark brown net blotch; subsequently, spots increased in number and size, and they later covered a large area of leaf, eventually causing leaf death. In this study, 86 strains of fungi were isolated from leaf lesions of Italian ryegrass. Coupled with phylogenetic analysis of the internal transcribed spacer region, partial 28S ribosomal RNA gene, and glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase gene, morphological characteristics showed that and are associated with Italian ryegrass in southwest China. Pathogenicity tests confirmed that both species can infect Italian ryegrass, causing leaf spot, whereas the virulence of the two species differed; showed lower pathogenicity to Italian ryegrass. This is the first time that these two species were formally reported on Italian ryegrass based on both morphological and molecular characters. Overall, this study improves knowledge of the species associated with Italian ryegrass and provides a foundation for control of this disease in the future.

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