Biology and Earth Science Faculty Scholarship
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
10-14-1996
Publication Title
Ecology and Epidemiology
Publisher
The American Phytopathological Society
Keywords
fungal adaptation, fungal fitness, mummy berry disease, phenological development.
Abstract
Pseudosclerotia were evaluated for differences in timing of apothecium development in four controlled experiments conducted over a 2-year period. In a separate experiment, conidia from 10 randomly selected isolates from both of the fungal populations were used to inoculate open flowers. Germination of pseudosclerotia produced from these artificial inoculations also was evaluated. The timing and rate of shoot elongation for cvs. Weymouth and Jersey were assessed in one greenhouse and two field experiments. Average development times for the fungal population from cv. Weymouth were 8 to 15 days earlier or 33 to 42% less than those for the population from cv. Jersey. The fungal population from Weymouth also exhibited less variation in development times for each developmental stage measured. Similarly, germination of pseudosclerotia produced in artificial inoculations differed between populations. On average, pseudosclerotia derived from the Weymouth population produced apothecia 16 days earlier. During spring 1995 and 1996, vegetative and truss buds on cv. Weymouth developed 4 to 16 days earlier than those on cv. Jersey. These results demonstrate that M. vaccinii-corymbosi exhibits variation in timing of pseudosclerotia germination and apothecium development within and between populations. We hypothesize that differences observed in the timing of apothecium development are related to the fitness of the populations on their original host cultivars and were selected by host phenology.
First Page
218
Last Page
223
Volume
87
Repository Citation
Lehman, Jeffrey, "Phenology of Apothecium Production in Populations of Monilinia vaccinii-corymbosi from Early- and Late-Maturing Blueberry Cultivars" (1996). Biology and Earth Science Faculty Scholarship. 18.
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Original Citation
Lehman, J. S., & Oudemans, P. V. (1997). Phenology of Apothecium Production in Populations of Monilinia vaccinii-corymbosi from Early- and Late-Maturing Blueberry Cultivars. Phytopathology, 87(2), 218-223. doi:10.1094/phyto.1997.87.2.218
DOI
10.1094/phyto.1997.87.2.218
Version
Publisher's Version
Peer Reviewed
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