Effect of aqueous vitamin B on the growth of blister blight pathogen, Exobasidium vexans

• Main Author: Hideyuki Nagao
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Prince of Songkla University 2012-12-01
• Series: Songklanakarin Journal of Science and Technology (SJST)
• Subjects: blister blight; Camellia sinensis var. assamica; Camellia sinensis var. sinensis; Exobasidium vexans; potato sucrose agar
• Online Access: http://rdo.psu.ac.th/sjstweb/journal/34-6/0597-0721-34-6-601-606.pdf

The effect of three aqueous solution of biotin, thiamine and calcium pantothenate, on the growth of Exobasidiumvexans was examined in vitro. The germination process of basidiospores of E. vexans differed from those of the otherExobasidium species. Basidiospore germination commenced after 19.5 hr incubation and chlamydospore-like bodies wereformed after 96 hr of incubation. Addition of biotin, calcium pantothenate, and thiamine to Difco PDA and Czapek’s mediumdid not affect the proportion of germinating basidiospores. The length of germ tubes was enhanced only by addition ofthiamine in the media. Larger size germ tubes (thick germ tubes) were occasionally observed among the ordinary hyphae.Most germlings of basidiospores developed chlamydospore-like bodies or autolysed on the media. Thick germ tubesfrequently appeared on the calcium pantothenate amended media and developed into a colony when these hyphae weretransferred to new calcium pantothenate amended media. However, further transfer of colonies did not successfully bring anew colony to grow on the calcium pantothenate amended media. Vitamin B5, calcium pantothenate, was only partially effective in generating the thick germ tubes and to induce the initial colony formation, whereas amendment of biotin and thiamineto the media did not induce visible colony growth.