Molecular Identification and Fungal Diversity Associated with Diseases in Hass Avocado Fruit Grown in Cauca, Colombia
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Sample Collection
2.2. Isolation and Morphological Identification
2.3. DNA Extraction, Amplification and Sequencing of the Internal Transcribed Spacer Region (ITS) of the rDNA
2.4. Identity and Taxonomic Positioning of Isolates
2.5. Estimation of Diversity in Communities
3. Results
3.1. Isolation of Microorganisms
3.2. Molecular Identification and Taxonomic Positioning
3.3. Estimation of Diversity in Communities
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Associated Genus | Number of Isolations | Percentage of Population | Number of OTUs |
---|---|---|---|
Colletotrichum spp. | 38 | 1.03 | 15 |
Pseudocercospora sp. | 38 | 16.03 | 2 |
Neofusicoccum spp. | 26 | 10.97 | 6 |
Lasiodiplodia spp. | 20 | 8.44 | 3 |
Diaporthe spp. | 37 | 15.61 | 17 |
Pestalotiopsis sp. | 2 | 0.84 | 1 |
Neopestalotiopsis sp. | 24 | 10.13 | 1 |
Fusarium spp. | 32 | 13.50 | 9 |
Clonostachys sp. | 16 | 6.75 | 1 |
Penicillium sp. | 1 | 0.42 | 1 |
Sarocladium sp. | 2 | 0.84 | 1 |
Schizophyllum sp. | 1 | 0.42 | 1 |
∑ | 237 | 100 | 58 |
Assemblages | * SC | m | SC.Est | Richness (q0) | Diversity (q1) | Diversity (q2) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Diversity analysis by municipality | ||||||
Cajibío | 0.75 | 48 | 0.83 | 17.4 ± 7.74 | 13.45 ± 6.07 | 11.33 ± 5.07 |
Corinto | 0.11 | 10 | 0.51 | 8.56 ± 3.63 | 9.06 ± 4.09 | 10.00 ± 5.14 |
El Tambo | 0.89 | 74 | 0.96 | 13.48 ± 4.85 | 9.18 ± 2.82 | 7.02 ± 2.44 |
Morales | 0.72 | 48 | 0.84 | 16.23 ± 7.18 | 9.15 ± 4.87 | 5.04 ± 3.64 |
Piendamó | 0.83 | 70 | 0.91 | 17.31 ± 6.41 | 11.57 ± 4.00 | 8.43 ± 3.39 |
Popayán | 0.63 | 42 | 0.78 | 18.17 ± 7.32 | 13.21 ± 6.26 | 9.30 ± 5.37 |
Sotará | 0.94 | 56 | 1 | 9.61 ± 3.36 | 8.28 ± 2.21 | 7.01 ± 2.18 |
Timbío | 0.88 | 64 | 0.96 | 14.47 ± 5.03 | 11.96 ± 3.06 | 10.53 ± 3.03 |
Toribío | 0.78 | 16 | 0.92 | 5.15 ± 2.99 | 4.16 ± 2.51 | 3.37 ± 2.27 |
Diversity by altitude intervals (masl) | ||||||
1613–1793 | 0.94 | 224 | 0.98 | 29.14 ± 6.65 | 18.39 ± 3.30 | 12.77 ± 3.27 |
1794–1973 | 0.92 | 190 | 0.98 | 29.53 ± 7.15 | 19.89 ± 3.60 | 15.08 ± 3.34 |
1974–2153 | 0.76 | 48 | 0.91 | 15.68 ± 5.80 | 12.41 ± 4.44 | 9.44 ± 4.20 |
2154–2333 | 0.33 | 6 | 0.8 | 4.41 ± 2.28 | 4.98 ± 2.74 | 6.00 ± 3.74 |
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Ángel-García, C.; Rodríguez-Arevalo, K.A.; Murcia Riaño, N.; Martínez-Caballero, L.N.; Ceballos-Aguirre, G.; Jaramillo Laverde, A.; Martínez, M.F. Molecular Identification and Fungal Diversity Associated with Diseases in Hass Avocado Fruit Grown in Cauca, Colombia. Pathogens 2023, 12, 1418. https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens12121418
Ángel-García C, Rodríguez-Arevalo KA, Murcia Riaño N, Martínez-Caballero LN, Ceballos-Aguirre G, Jaramillo Laverde A, Martínez MF. Molecular Identification and Fungal Diversity Associated with Diseases in Hass Avocado Fruit Grown in Cauca, Colombia. Pathogens. 2023; 12(12):1418. https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens12121418
Chicago/Turabian StyleÁngel-García, Carolina, Kevin Alejandro Rodríguez-Arevalo, Nubia Murcia Riaño, Luz Natalia Martínez-Caballero, Germán Ceballos-Aguirre, Alejandro Jaramillo Laverde, and Mauricio Fernando Martínez. 2023. "Molecular Identification and Fungal Diversity Associated with Diseases in Hass Avocado Fruit Grown in Cauca, Colombia" Pathogens 12, no. 12: 1418. https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens12121418