02616naa a2200289 a 450000100080000000500110000800800410001902200230006002400390008310000190012224501670014126000090030850002290031752013670054665300140191365300100192765300150193765300150195265300390196770000150200670000150202170000130203670000170204970000160206670000170208277302270209910637762022-11-24       2022    bl uuuu     u00u1 u    #d  a1366-5863 (online)7 a10.1080/09670874.2022.21166592DOI1 aFERNÁNDEZ, L.  aCharacterization of Colletotrichum siamense the causal agent of bitter rot and leaf spot in low-chill apple cultivars in central Argentina.h[electronic resource]  c2022  aArticle history: Received 15 April 2022, Accepted 18 August 2022, Published online 11 November 2022. Funding: This work was supported by Universidad Nacional del Litoral under Grant CAI + D 2016 50020150100034LI.  aABSTRACT.- Bitter rot (BR), caused by Colletotrichum spp., is one of the most prevalent fungal diseases of apple worldwide. Some Colletotrichum spp. also causes Glomerella leaf spot (GLS), a disease restricted to a few regions worldwide. Recently, we reported the presence of C. siamense causing BR on low-chill apple cultivars in central Argentina. In further studies we detected the presence of apple leaf spot also associated to Colletotrichum spp. Thus, this study was focused to determine and characterize the Colletotrichum species involved in fruit rot and apple leaf spot diseases in Santa Fe, Argentina. A total of thirty-one isolates were obtained from symptomatic fruits and leaves. Morphological characteristics in combination with multilocus phylogenetic analysis revealed that Colletotrichum siamense is the single species associated with fruit rot and leaf spots on low-chill apples in Santa Fe, Argentina. Although in this study we obtained and characterized isolates of C. siamense from leaf spot, we found remarkable differences with typical GLS indicating that this disease is not present in Argentina until now. These findings will be useful to undertake studies of fungicide sensitivity and to understand the epidemiology of the disease in the region based on identified species. © 2022 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group  a"Caricia"  a"Eva"  a"Princesa"  aBitter rot  aC. gloeosporioides species complex1 aALANIZ, S.1 aDERITA, M.1 aLUTZ, A.1 aGARIGLIO, N.1 aMONDINO, P.1 aFAVARO, M.A.  tInternational Journal of Pest Management, 2022, vol. 68, issue 4: "Uruguayan Society of Phytopathology (SUFIT): Plant protection for a sustainable agriculture", p.295-310. doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/09670874.2022.2116659