Identification of pathogen of Aquilaria sinensis dieback disease / 中国中药杂志

ABSTRACT

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>The research focused on identification the pathogen of Aquilaria sinensis dieback disease and confirmation the function of inducing agarwood formation by fungi.</p><p><b>METHOD</b>The morphological observation, rDNA ITS sequence analyses, Koch's postulates and pathogenicity test were used to identify the isolates.</p><p><b>RESULT</b>The isolates of the causal agent was Lasiodiplodia theobromae, which induced the plant to produce highly valuable agarwood.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>The first report of dieback disease of Aquilaria sinensis caused by L. theobromae, and our research results laid a theoretical foundation for agarwood production by using fungus.</p>