Reynaldo Valle

Dr. Reynaldo Valle

Senior Adviser Mindanao, Tamagawa University Banana and Caca...

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Academic Career Length

4Years (2023-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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5 April 2023 in Journal of Fungi
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SNShunsuke Nozawa
Shunsuke Nozawa
YSYosuke Seto
Yosuke Seto
YTYoshiki Takata
Yoshiki Takata
LNLalaine Albano Narreto
Lalaine Albano Narreto
Reynaldo ValleReynaldo Valle
Reynaldo Valle
KWKyoko Watanabe
Kyoko Watanabe
The pathogen causing Fusarium wilt in banana is reported to be Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense (FOC). In 2019, wilt symptoms in banana plants (cultivar: Cavendish) in the Philippines were detected, i.e., the yellowing of the leaves and discoloration of the pseudostem and vascular tissue. The fungus isolated from the vascular tissue was found to be pathogenic to Cavendish bananas and was identified as a new species, F. mindanaoense, belonging to the F. fujikuroi species complex (FFSC); species classification was assessed using molecular phylogenetic analyses based on the tef1, tub2, cmdA, rpb1, and rpb2 genes and morphological analyses. A reciprocal blast search using genomic data revealed that this fungus exclusively included the Secreted in Xylem 6 (SIX6) gene among the SIX homologs related to pathogenicity; it exhibited a highly conserved amino acid sequence compared with that of species in the FFSC, but not with that of FOC. This was the first report of Fusarium wilt in Cavendish bananas caused by a species of the genus Fusarium other than those in the F. oxysporum species complex.