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Growth, sporulation, and conidia discharge of Valdensinia heterodoxa, a foliar pathogen of salal, as influenced by temperature and photoperiod in vitro

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2002

Susanne VOGELGSANG
Affiliation:
Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service, Pacific Forestry Centre, 506 West Burnside Road, Victoria, BC, V8Z 1M5, Canada. Present address: National Centre of Competence in Research ‘Plant Survival’, Université de Neuchâtel, rue Emile-Argand 11, 2007 Neuchâtel, Switzerland.
Simon F. SHAMOUN
Affiliation:
Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service, Pacific Forestry Centre, 506 West Burnside Road, Victoria, BC, V8Z 1M5, Canada.
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Abstract

Four day/night temperature regimes (11/6, 14/9, 17/12, 20/15 °C), three photoperiods (0, 12, 24 h d−1), and four continuous temperature regimes (10, 13, 16, 19 °) were evaluated for their effects on growth, sporulation, and conidia discharge of two isolates of Valdensinia heterodoxa, a foliar pathogen of salal (Gaultheria shallon). All temperature regimes supported mycelial growth; however, growth rates were faster at higher temperatures. Sporulation and conidia discharge in both isolates was generally highest at 17/12 ° (day/night) or 16 ° constant compared with other temperature regimes. Photoperiods of 12 and 24 h d−1 resulted in faster growth and significantly greater sporulation and discharge compared with a continuous dark treatment. The study shows that temperature and light conditions have a moderate effect on mycelial growth but are crucial for sporulation of V. heterodoxa. Possible implications for the use of V. heterodoxa as a potential biological control agent for salal are discussed.

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© The British Mycological Society 2002

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