title: Report of postharvest rot of kiwifruit in Korea caused by Sclerotinia sclerotiorum.
abstract: In May 2014, sclerotinia rot symptoms caused by Sclerotinia sclerotiorum were observed on stored kiwifruit in Jinju, South Korea. The symptoms appeared as soft, water-soaked lesions on fruit covered with a white mycelium. The morphological characteristics and the internal transcribed spacer sequences of rRNA of the pathogen isolated from the sclerotinia rot showed it to be S. sclerotiorum. This was confirmed by performing a pathogenicity test with pure cultures of S. sclerotiorum and by reisolating S. sclerotiorum from artificially inoculated kiwifruits. Our results should help promote a better understanding of the diseases that affect kiwifruit and improve practices for postharvest disease control in the kiwifruit industry.
authors.affiliation: Korea Turfgrass Research Institute, Sungnam 463-840, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Jung Han
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Division of Applied Life Science, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju 660-701, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Young Ho
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Kwon
authors.affiliation: Namhae Sub-Station, NIHHS, RDA, Namhae 668-812, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Yong-Bum
authors.initials: YB
authors.lastname: Kwack
authors.affiliation: Division of Applied Life Science, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju 660-701, Republic of Korea; Department of Plant Medicine and RILS, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju 660-701, Republic of Korea. Electronic address: kwak@gnu.ac.kr.
authors.forename: Youn-Sig
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Kwak
mesh_terms: D029042:Actinidia / Q000382:microbiology*; D001203:Ascomycota / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000502:physiology*; D001483:Base Sequence; D021903:DNA, Ribosomal Spacer / Q000235:genetics; D005516:Food Microbiology; D005638:Fruit / Q000382:microbiology*; D056910:Republic of Korea
chemical_list: D021903:DNA, Ribosomal Spacer
keywords: Kiwifruit; Sclerotinia rot; Sclerotinia sclerotiorum