Epiphytic mycobiota and fungal contaminants from the in vitro establishment of guava (Psidium guajava L)

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Epiphytic mycobiota and fungal contaminants from the in vitro establishment of guava (Psidium guajava L)

Journal Title: Biotecnología Vegetal - Year 2002, Vol 2, Issue 2

Abstract

The studying of contaminats micobiote on guajaba (Psidium guajava L.) could help for creating schedule treatment of donator plants and its explants to eliminate or prevent the fungi contamination during guajaba micropropagation. The present work were focused on: qualitative evaluation of epiphytic micobiote from explants of Enana Roja cubana EEA 18-40 plants (treated and not treated with fungicide), to isolate, characterize and identify the filamentous fungi from in vitro establishment of nodal segments. For the filamentous identification was used the wet chamber method and preparations were observed in optic microscopic. PDA Petri dishes were used to cultivate the filamentous fungi at 28ºC and dark during 7 to 14 days. The cultural and morphological characteristics were used to identifying each isolate. Nine filamentous fungi genera were identify on donator plants without any fungicide application, the principal genera’s were: Alternaria, Aspergillus, Cladosporium, Colletotrichum, Curvularia, Fusarium, Nigrospora, Penicillium and Trichoderma. The application of Mancozeb 80 PH (7.5g.l -1 ) and Benomyl 50 PH (4g.l -1 ) was not effective on epiphytic contaminants micobiote elimination. All these genera’s with the exception of Nigrospora were detected during the establishment of nodal segments. However the disinfection with hypochlorite at 3% for 10 minutes and HgCl 2 solution at 0.05% and 0.1% could reduced the 50% of al contaminates genera’s.

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Mayra Acosta, Israel Caballero, Yelenys Alvarado y Michel Leiva

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EP ID EP697788
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