The present work was conducted to identify the pathogen causing anthracnose of Liberica coffee (Coffea liberica) plants and to screen fungicides against the disease pathogen. The leaves of C. liberica with anthracnose symptoms were sampled from fields for fungal isolation and purification. Four pure fungal isolates were obtained and only KFTJ01 was verified pathogenic to the coffee leaves by tests following Koch’s Postulates. The rDNA-ITS sequence (554 bp), beta-tubulin gene (tub2) and calmodulin gene (CAL) were successfully amplified via PCR from genomic DNA of KFTJ01 and sequenced. Blastn analysis of the the three DNA sequences showed that KFTJ01 was identical to the strain WZ-135 (99.62%, MN856281), CREADC-ER2212 (100%, MT409131) and YMTJ4 (100%, MK569149) of Colletotrichum kahawae. KFTJ01 was also clustered with C. kahawae WZ-135 strain on the same end-branch of the phylogenic tree (bootstrap confidence is 98%). Therefore, the pathogen of Liberica coffee was identified as C. kahawae which is a quarantine species and has never been recorded in China. Fungicide selection experiments showed that among the 10 chemicals, methionine-acetazolyl and methyl thiobacillam almost completely (100%) suppressed the colony growth of KFTJ01. The median effective concentration calculated from the functions was 0.0607 mg/mL and 0.0809 mg/mL, respectively, indicating that both the chemicals were very effective against the anthracnose pathogen. The results are important references for the field diagnosis of the coffee plant anthracnose and for controlling the disease epidemics.
| 科 Family | 属数 Number of genus | 种数 Number of species | 占总种数比例 Percentage of total species (%) | 属 Genus | 种数 Number of species | 占总种数比例 Percentage of total species (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 鹅膏菌科Amanitaceae | 2 | 11 | 5.26 | 鹅膏菌属 Amanita | 10 | 4.78 |
| 小菇科 Mycenaceae | 2 | 12 | 5.74 | 丝盖伞属 Inocybe | 5 | 2.39 |
| 多孔菌科 Polyporaceae | 8 | 14 | 6.70 | 蜡蘑属 Laccaria | 5 | 2.39 |
| 红菇科 Russulaceae | 3 | 23 | 11.00 | 小皮伞属 Marasmius | 6 | 2.87 |
| 小菇属 Mycena | 11 | 5.26 | ||||
| 光柄菇属 Pluteus | 5 | 2.39 | ||||
| 红菇属 Russula | 17 | 8.13 | ||||
| 栓菌属 Trametes | 5 | 2.39 |