Cultural Characteristics, Pathogenicity and Vegetative Compatibility of Fusarium udum Isolates from Pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan (L.) Millsp.) in Kenya |
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| Authors: | EK Kiprop AW Mwang'ombe JP Baudoin PM Kimani G Mergeai |
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| Institution: | (1) Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Moi University, P.O. Box 1125, Eldoret, Kenya;(2) Department of Crop Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Nairobi, P.O. Box 30197, Nairobi, Kenya;(3) Phytotechnie Tropicale et Horticulture, Faculté universitaire des Sciences Agronomiques de Gembloux, Passage des Déportés, 2, B-5030 Gembloux, Belgium;(4) Department of Crop Science, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Nairobi, P.O. Box 30197, Nairobi, Kenya |
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| Abstract: | Seventy-nine single-spore isolates of Fusarium udum, the causal agent of wilt disease of pigeonpea, from Kenya, India and Malawi were characterized according to their cultural characteristics, pathogenicity and vegetative compatibility group (VCG). The isolates exhibited high variation in pathogenicity on a wilt-susceptible pigeonpea variety, and in mycelial growth and sporulation on potato dextrose agar medium. The 79 isolates were categorized into two virulence groups, two groups of radial mycelial growth and four groups of sporulation. Radial mycelial growth showed a moderate negative correlation (r = –0.40; P = 0.01) with sporulation. However, mycelial growth and sporulation had no correlation with virulence. Pairings between complementary nitrate non-utilizing (nit) mutants of F. udum generated on chlorate containing minimal medium revealed that all the isolates belonged to a single VCG (VCG 1) with two subgroups, VCG 1 I and VCG 1 II. Vegetative compatibility was independent of cultural characteristics and pathogenicity. This is the first report of vegetative compatibility in F. udum. |
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| Keywords: | chlorate resistant Fusarium wilt heterokaryon mutant vegetative compatibility group virulence |
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