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Journal of Tea Science ›› 2025, Vol. 45 ›› Issue (2): 266-272.

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Isolation and Identification of the Pathogen Causing Leaf Spot in Tea Plants

YANG Fang1,2, JIANG Bingbing1,2, LEI Jinmei1,2, GUO Cunwu3, LI Limei1,2, XU Jiayi1,2, WANG Xinghua1,2, YUAN Wenxia1,2, WANG Baijuan1,2,*   

  1. 1. College of Tea Science, Yunnan Agricultural University Key Laboratory of Intelligent Organic Tea Garden Construction in Universities of Yunnan Province, Kunming 650201, China;
    2. Yunnan Organic Tea Industry Intelligent Engineering Research Center, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming 650201, China;
    3. National Engineering Research Center for Applied Technology of Agricultural Biodiversity, College of Plant Protection, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming 650201, China
  • Received:2024-12-16 Revised:2025-02-19 Online:2025-04-15 Published:2025-04-30

Abstract: Tea plant [Camellia sinensis (L.) O. Kuntze] is an important agricultural economic crop in China. Tea leaf spot disease is one of the most important leaf diseases of tea plants. It seriously affects the yield and quality of tea. In 2023, a tea leaf spot disease was found in a tea garden in Menghai County, Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture Yunnan Province. In order to clarify the pathogen, the tissue isolation method and wound inoculation method were used to isolate and determine the pathogenicity of the pathogen. The morphological characteristics were observed and combined with molecular biology techniques to determine the type of pathogen. The results show that the three strains could infect tea leaves and were the causal agents of tea leaf spot. The pathogen causing tea leaf spot was identified as Nigrospora musae by observing its morphological characteristics and phylogenetic analysis of multiple genes (ITS, TUB2 and TEF-1α). The results of this study provided a theoretical basis for the prevention and control of tea leaf spot caused by the pathogen.

Key words: Camellia sinensis, leaf spot disease, Nigrospora musae, pathogen identification

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