Brown Rot Disease Caused by Trichoderma hamatum on the Edible Lily, Lilium leichtlinii var. maximowiczii

Lilium leichtlinii var. maximowiczii is commonly known as the edible lily or sweet lily. Bulbs of this are frequently used in traditional Chinese medicine, and they revered for their nutritional content. As 2018, brown rot disease on cultivated L. bulbs has become a concern Jilin Province, China, with incidence 29.43%. The infected appear large, regularly shaped, yellow-brown black-brown lesions. However, causal agent not yet known. Therefore, study aims to confi rm both pathogen by using Koch’s postulates further establish, species level, identity organism via morphological molecular methods. was later identifi ed Trichoderma hamatum. Healthy were inoculated T. hamatum, which produced initial symptoms spots appearing at inoculation sites; same then isolated again from diseased bulbs. To best our knowledge, fi rst report bulb caused hamatum China. Our work may be benefi cial, especially designing control measures commercial cultivation maximowiczii.