Multigene Phylogenetics and Morphology Reveal Five Novel Lasiodiplodia Species Associated with Blueberries

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Sillma Rampadarath¹  Rajesh Jeewon²  Vishwakalyan Bhoyroo³  Ying Zhang⁴  Yu Wang⁴ 

[1] Charles Regnaud Street, Curepipe 74319, Mauritius;Department of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Mauritius, Reduit 80837, Mauritius;Faculty of Agriculture, University of Mauritius, Reduit 80837, Mauritius;School of Ecology and Nature Conservation, Beijing Forestry University, P.O. Box 61, Beijing 100083, China;

关键词: Botryosphaeriaceae;    fruit tree;    stem disease;    taxonomy;    Vaccinium spp.;   

DOI  :  10.3390/life11070657

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Botryosphaeriaceous fungi cause stem blight, canker and dieback in woody plants. During a survey on the fungal pathogens associated with blueberries in China, 135 blighted, cankered or dead blueberry branches were collected from Fujian and Shandong Provinces. Based on the morphological characterization and phylogenetic analyses of a concatenated ITS rDNA, tef1-α, TUB, and RPB2 loci, five new species of Lasiodiplodia, viz., L. clavispora, L. fujianensis, L. henanica, L. nanpingensis and L. paraphysoides were recognized. Detailed descriptions and illustrations, as well as multigene phylogenies, are provided in this paper. The diversity of plant pathogens on agriculturally and economically important plants is higher than anticipated.

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