Verticillium fungicola var. fungicola affects Agaricus bisporus cultivation in Mexico.
Verticillium fungicola is responsible for dry bubble disease of the button mushroom Agaricus bisporus. Investigations performed in 2001 showed that mushroom cultures were affected by V. fungicola var. aleophilum in North American farms whereas they were affected by V. fungicola var. fungicola in European farms. The latter variety was not found in North America. Studies carried out on Verticillium isolates collected in Mexico in 2002 revealed that they belong to the variety fungicola. The hypothesis of the introduction of the variety fungicola from Europe through the import of material or machines used for mushroom cultivation is proposed.
Largeteau
Michèle L
ML
Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Unité Mycologie et Sécurité des Aliments, BP 81, F-33883, Villenave d'Ornon, France. largeteau@bordeaux.inra.fr
Mata
Gerardo
G
Savoie
Jean-Michel
JM
D000364:Agaricus / Q000254:growth & development*; D001483:Base Sequence; D016172:DNA Fingerprinting; D004271:DNA, Fungal / Q000032:analysis / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification; D021903:DNA, Ribosomal Spacer / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification; D020459:Genes, rRNA; D008800:Mexico; D017720:Molecular Epidemiology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D012150:Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length; D012340:RNA, Ribosomal, 5.8S / Q000235:genetics; D019105:Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA Technique; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D020172:Verticillium / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification*
D004271:DNA, Fungal; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D021903:DNA, Ribosomal Spacer; D012340:RNA, Ribosomal, 5.8S