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Quantification of Monosporascus cannonballus Ascospores in Muskmelon Fields in Eastern Spain
Author(s) -
Beltrán R.,
Vicent A.,
GarciaJiménez J.,
Armengol J.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
journal of phytopathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.53
H-Index - 60
eISSN - 1439-0434
pISSN - 0931-1785
DOI - 10.1111/j.1439-0434.2007.01215.x
Subject(s) - biology , ascospore , canopy , mediterranean climate , vine , horticulture , growing season , botany , mediterranean basin , agronomy , spore , ecology
The populations of Monosporascus cannonballus ascospores in the soils of 14 muskmelon fields throughout muskmelon production areas of Comunidad Valenciana (eastern Spain) were quantified from 2002 to 2003. The fields were surveyed in July, at the end of the cropping season, when plants approached maturity and symptoms of vine decline in the canopy appeared as patches of wilted or dead plants. Ascospores were recovered from all muskmelon fields surveyed. The average soil populations ranged from 1.54 to 6.33 per g of soil and the number of ascospores within a soil sample ranged from 0.50 to 16.20 ascospores/g of soil. This is the first detailed report on ascospore populations of M. cannonballus in muskmelon fields from a cucurbit‐growing area in Spain and the Mediterranean basin.