Acta Agriculturae Zhejiangensis ›› 2025, Vol. 37 ›› Issue (7): 1492-1500.DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1004-1524.20240353

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Identification, biological characteristics and control agents screening of pathogens of curvular leaf spot disease of sorghum

SHEN Guoqiang1(), WANG Mingde2, GUAN Yawen1, WU Jun3,*(), WANG Hanrong3,*()   

  1. 1. Shaoxing Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Shaoxing 312000, Zhejiang, China
    2. Zhejiang Kaihua County Agricultural Technology Extension Center, Kaihua 324000, Zhejiang, China
    3. Institute of Plant Protection and Microbiology, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou 310021, China
  • Received:2024-04-12 Online:2025-07-25 Published:2025-08-20

Abstract:

To identify the pathogen causing sorghum leaf spot, diseased sorghum leaves were collected from Pingshui Town, Shaoxing City, Zhejiang Province. Pathogen isolation, pathogenicity tests, and molecular biological identification were conducted. The biological characteristics of the pathogen were determined under different carbon sources, nitrogen sources, temperatures, pH values and light conditions. The sensitivities of the pathogen to different fungicides were tested by hyphal growth rate method. The results showed that the pathogen causing sorghum leaf spot was Curvularia lunata, and the isolated strain was designated GLYB3. Strain GLYB3 could make full use of six carbon sources, the most suitable nitrogen source was yeast powder, the optimal temperature was 25 ℃, and the optimal pH value was 7. 30% hexaconazole suspension, 43% fluopyram trifloxystrobin·suspension, 450 g·L-1 prochloraz aqueous emulsion and 50% acetimidamine water dispersible granules had a strongly inhibitory effect on GLYB3, with EC50 values of 0.001 6, 0.001 9, 0.003 1, 0.007 8 mg·L-1, respectively. The field control experiments showed that the relative control efficiency of the four fungicides were 79.0%, 77.8%, 79.5% and 81.5%, respectively.

Key words: sorghum (Sorghum bicolor), leaf spot, biological characteristics, chemical control

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