Mating Types of Mucor piriformis Isolated from Soil and Pear Fruit in Oregon Orchards (On the Life History of Mucor piriformis)
- 1 September 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Mycologia
- Vol. 78 (5) , 766-770
- https://doi.org/10.2307/3807521
Abstract
A technique for induction of zygospore development and isolation of the mating types + and - of Mucor piriformis from soil and debris is described. The mating types, when crossed with each other and with known M. piriformis isolates, produced abundant zygospores. Both + and - types were highly pathogenic on pear fruit and had similar growth rates. Six representative pear orchards in the Hood River Valley in Oregon, harbored both mating types of M. piriformis. The majority of fruit decaying on the orchard floor with mucor rot late in November and December had been infected with a single mating type, and only a small number of fruit were infected by both types. When pear fruit (d''Anjou) was inoculated with a spore suspension from both mating types, zygospores developed on the surface of the fruit under laboratory conditions.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
- The Germination of Zygospores of Mucor hiemalisMycologia, 1965