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Rhizoctonia solani AG 1-IB and AG 4 HG-I causing leaf blight and root rot in plants from the Lamiaceae family in Brazil

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Rhizoctonia solani is a fungal complex represented by 14 anastomosis groups. Each group has distinct characteristics that are reflected in the management and control strategies for diseases caused by this fungus. In three distinct geographical regions, plants of the Lamiaceae family from vegetable and medicinal herb gardens were observed, with Mentha piperina, Mentha spicata and Origanum manjerona presenting symptoms of leaf blight and Ocimum basilicum, Ocimum vulgare and Rosmarinus officinalis presenting root rot symptoms. Mycelia, hymenia, basidiospores and microsclerotia were found on the stems and leaves of Mentha piperina and Mentha spicata. These are typical morphological markers of the genus Rhizoctonia. The ITS region was amplified for nine isolates and subsequently sequenced. In the phylogenetic analysis, the isolates were identified as Rhizoctonia solani belonging to AG 1-IB and AG 4 HG-I anastomosis groups. All isolates inoculated in their respective hosts caused disease symptoms resembling those typically observed in the field. This is the first report of R. solani AG 1-IB in M. spicata, M. piperina and Origanum majorana and of R. solani AG 4 HG-I in O. vulgare, R. officinalis and O. basilicum in Brazil.

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The authors are grateful to Capes (Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior) for fellowships to Maruzanete Pereira de Melo, Kedma da Silva Matos, and Pâmela Ponce Martins.

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  1. Centro de Ciências Agrárias, Departamento de Fitotecnia, Iningá, Universidade Federal do Piauí, Teresina, PI, 64049-550, Brazil

    Maruzanete P. de Melo, Pâmela P. Martins & José E. A. Beserra Júnior

  2. Departamento de Fitopatologia, Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, DF, 70910-900, Brazil

    Cléia S. Cabral

  3. Embrapa Hortaliças, CP 218, Brasília, DF, 70250-970, Brazil

    Ailton Reis

  4. Centro de Ciências Agrárias, Universidade Federal de Roraima-UFRR, Boa Vista, RR, 69310-000, Brazil

    Kedma S. Matos

  5. Embrapa Meio Ambiente, CP 69, Jaguariúna, SP, 13820-000, Brazil

    Kátia L. Nechet & Bernardo A. Halfeld-Vieira

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de Melo, M.P., Cabral, C.S., Reis, A. et al. Rhizoctonia solani AG 1-IB and AG 4 HG-I causing leaf blight and root rot in plants from the Lamiaceae family in Brazil. Trop. plant pathol. 43, 152–159 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40858-017-0181-1

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