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Effect of leaf scar age, chilling and freezing-thawingon infection of Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae through leaf scars and lenticels in stone fruits

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 March 2013

Tiesen Cao ,
Bruce C. Kirkpatrick ,
Kenneth A. Shackel  and
Theodore M. DeJong
Tiesen Cao*
Affiliation:
Dep. Agric. Food Nutr. Sci., Univ. Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2P5, Canada. tiesen.cao@ualberta.ca ,
Bruce C. Kirkpatrick
Affiliation:
Dep. Plant Pathol., Univ. California, Davis, CA 95616, USA
Kenneth A. Shackel
Affiliation:
Dep. Plant Sci./Pomol., Univ. California, Davis, CA 95616, USA
Theodore M. DeJong
Affiliation:
Dep. Plant Sci./Pomol., Univ. California, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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* Correspondence and reprints
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Abstract

Introduction. Bacterial canker, caused by P. syringae pv. syringae, is an important disease of stone fruit worldwide. The possibility of P. syringae pv. syringae infection through leaf scars and lenticels was evaluated in cherry, peach and prune. Materials and methods. Laboratory and field inoculations were performed using cherry, peach and prune stems to evaluate leaf scar age, chilling and freezing-thawing on bacterial infection through leaf scars and lenticels. Results and discussion. Increasing leaf scar age was associated with significant decreases in disease incidence and length of lesions resulting from leaf scar inoculation with Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae in cherry, peach and prune. A significant reduction in incidence and lesion length was observed after 4 h of air exposure, and both measures of infection were reduced to essentially 0 by 2 days of exposure. Prolonged chilling temperature (2.2 °C) prior to leaf removal had no clear effect on disease incidence of leaf scar infection, but significantly decreased lesion length due to leaf scar infection. Cherry was more susceptible to P. syringae pv. syringae infection through leaf scars than peach and ‘French’ prune. The leaf scar inoculation results were consistent with the previous studies. The disease incidence of lenticel infection caused by bacterial inoculation in ‘French’ prune was very low, but significantly higher than the water control. Freezing-thawing significantly increased both the disease incidence and the lesion size via lenticel infection. The lenticel inoculation data suggest that P. syringae pv. syringae infection through lenticels is possible under field conditions.

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Fruits , Volume 68 , Issue 2 , March 2013 , pp. 159 - 169
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© 2013 Cirad/EDP Sciences

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