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Chinese Agricultural Science Bulletin ›› 2023, Vol. 39 ›› Issue (6): 116-123.doi: 10.11924/j.issn.1000-6850.casb2022-0348

Special Issue: 生物技术 植物保护

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Blister Blight Lesions of Tea (Camellia sinensis L. Kuntze) Leaves: Microbial Diversity Analysis and Identification of the Disease Fungi

CHEN Yiyong1(), ZHOU Bo1, LI Jianlong1, TANG Hao1, CUI Yingying1, WU Wenhao2, LIU Jiayu1, TANG Jinchi1()   

  1. 1 Tea Research Institute, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Tea Plant Resources Innovation and Utilization, Guangzhou 510640
    2 College of Horticulture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510640
  • Received:2022-05-10 Revised:2022-08-27 Online:2023-02-25 Published:2023-02-22

Abstract:

The aims are to analyze the microbial diversity on the surface of tea blister blight diseased leaves, and isolate and identify fungal microorganisms on diseased tea leaves. Tea leaves infected with blister blight disease and healthy leaves were used as test materials, and the leaf surface was observed by scanning electron microscopy, and the bacterial and fungal community compositions of different leaves were analyzed by 16S and ITS sequencing. 113 kinds of bacteria and 252 kinds of fungi were detected on the surface of tea blister blight diseased leaves, and 237 kinds of bacteria and 161 kinds of fungi were detected on healthy leaves. The bacterial diversity of diseased leaves was significantly lower than that of healthy leaves, and the fungi diversity of diseased leaves was higher than that of healthy leaves. Compared with healthy leaves, the abundance of Cladosporium and Pestalotiopsis in diseased leaves was lower, while that of Mortierella was higher. Fungal microorganism Cladosporium cladosporioides was isolated by PDA medium and identified, which might play an important role in the infection of blister blight disease. The microbial community structure on the surface of tea leaves changed significantly after tea blister blight disease infection, and the isolated and identified Cladosporium cladosporium might be closely related to the pathogenic process of tea blister blight disease.

Key words: blister blight, Camellia sinensis, microbial diversity, bacteria, fungi