Cadophora luteo-olivacea isolated from apple (Malus domestica) fruit with post-harvest side rot symptoms in northern Italy

Abstract Recently, Cadophora luteo-olivacea has been reported as a post-harvest pathogen of side rot apple ( Malus domestica ) in Latvia, and pear Pyrus communis Italy the Netherlands. In 2018 2019, South Tyrol (northern Italy) 11 fungal cultures, identified C. based on ITS (internal transcribed spacer region) sequence data, were obtained from fruit displaying symptoms. The sampled packinghouses representing different growing areas Tyrol. For more accurate taxonomic assignment, two additional molecular genetic loci, β -tubulin (TUB2) translation elongation factor 1 α (TEF-1 ), seven isolates amplified sequenced. Phylogenetic analysis multi-locus DNA data confirmed that with symptoms indeed represented . A pathogenicity test performed ‘Golden Delicious’ virulence representative isolate. So far, represents minor but considering losses this fungus can cause to other crops, awareness about potential disease should be raised.