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Gray blight is a serious threat to the tea [Camellia sinensis (L.) O. Kuntze] production in major tea cultivating countries including India. The disease is caused by Pestalotiopsis-like species. In this study, five isolates of Pseudopestalotiopsis species isolated from symptomatic tea leaf samples in North Bengal, India were investigated. Based on the multi-locus phylogenetic analysis using concatenated sequences of three (ITS, tef-1 alpha, and tub-2) loci, cultural and micromorphological characters, and host association, the fungal isolates were identified as Pseudopestalotiopsis ampullacea F. Liu & L. Cai. The morphological analysis also revealed that the fungal isolates were evidently differentiated from other Pseudopestalotiopsis species. To date, P. ampullacea has not been reported on tea plants in India. Among the five isolates studied, isolate NKT0P03 was randomly selected for pathogenicity tests and its sensitivity to fungicides and microbial antagonists. In pathogenicity test, the isolate showed weak to high virulence reactions on 25 different tea cultivars. The pathogen showed an avirulent reaction on the cultivar TV11. In order to identify an effective management strategy against this new pathogen, synthetic fungicides and microbial biocontrol agents were evaluated in the laboratory. Results revealed that carbendazim + mancozeb, hexaconazole, propiconazole, and valextra were effective fungicides with an 85.1% to 89.8% range of inhibitory activity against P. ampullacea NKT0P03. Among microbial agents, Trichoderma harzianum, T. reesei, T. hamatum, Bacillus subtilis, and Microbacterium barkeri were efficient bioagents against P. ampullacea NKT0P03 with antagonistic activity ranging between 66.6% and 84.2%. Thus, these fungicides and microbial bioagents can be recommended as effective agents for the management of P. ampullacea causing tea gray blight after their field evaluations.
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