Biodiversity and pathogenicity of Botrytis spp. and Monilinia spp.– important causal agents of Japanese quince Chaenomeles japonica fruit rot Project leader Biruta Bankina Team of project Inta Jakobija Biruta Bankina Alise Klūga Duration 2020 - 2022 Research focus 1. Implementation of the "One Health" concept and species interaction studies in the context of climate change Source of funding Internal grant Description of project The aim of research Identification of the causal agents of Japanese quince diseases from the genera Botrytis and Monilinia to the species level, determine their pathogenicity in Japanese quince and biodiversity. The tasks of project: To identify the causal agents of Japanese quince diseases belonging to the genera Botrytis and Monilinia using mycological and molecular-genetic methodsTo determine the diversity of Botrytis spp. and Monilinia spp.To determine the pathogenicity of Botrytis spp. and Monilinia sp. on Japanese quince fruits Results Botrytis and Monilinia isolates obtained from Japanese quince were identified using molecular-genetic methods, and the pathogenicity of the isolates on Japanese quince fruits was determined. The morphological characteristics of Botrytis spp. and Monilinia spp. have been obtained, and the symptoms of diseases caused by these fungi in Japanese quince have been described. Jakobija I., Bankina B., Klūga A., Roga A., Skinderevskis E., Fridmanis D. (2022)The diversity of fungi involved in damage to Japanese quince. Plants, 11(19): 2572.
