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Crous PW, Sandoval-Denis M, Costa MM, Groenewald JZ, van Iperen AL, Starink-Willemse M, Hernández-Restrepo M, Kandemir H, Ulaszewski B, de Boer W, Abdel-Azeem AM, Abdollahzadeh J, Akulov A, Bakhshi M, Bezerra JDP, Bhunjun CS, Câmara MPS, Chaverri P, Vieira WAS, Decock CA, Gaya E, Gené J, Guarro J, Gramaje D, Grube M, Gupta VK, Guarnaccia V, Hill R, Hirooka Y, Hyde KD, Jayawardena RS, Jeewon R, Jurjević Ž, Korsten L, Lamprecht SC, Lombard L, Maharachchikumbura SSN, Polizzi G, Rajeshkumar KC, Salgado-Salazar C, Shang QJ, Shivas RG, Summerbell RC, Sun GY, Swart WJ, Tan YP, Vizzini A, Xia JW, Zare R, González CD, Iturriaga T, Savary O, Coton M, Coton E, Jany JL, Liu C, Zeng ZQ, Zhuang WY, Yu ZH, Thines M. Fusarium and allied fusarioid taxa (FUSA). 1. Fungal Syst Evol 2022; 9:161-200. [PMID: 35978986 PMCID: PMC9355104 DOI: 10.3114/fuse.2022.09.08] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2022] [Accepted: 06/14/2022] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
Abstract
Seven Fusarium species complexes are treated, namely F. aywerte species complex (FASC) (two species), F. buharicum species complex (FBSC) (five species), F. burgessii species complex (FBURSC) (three species), F. camptoceras species complex (FCAMSC) (three species), F. chlamydosporum species complex (FCSC) (eight species), F. citricola species complex (FCCSC) (five species) and the F. concolor species complex (FCOSC) (four species). New species include Fusicolla elongata from soil (Zimbabwe), and Neocosmospora geoasparagicola from soil associated with Asparagus officinalis (Netherlands). New combinations include Neocosmospora akasia, N. awan, N. drepaniformis, N. duplosperma, N. geoasparagicola, N. mekan, N. papillata, N. variasi and N. warna. Newly validated taxa include Longinectria gen. nov., L. lagenoides, L. verticilliforme, Fusicolla gigas and Fusicolla guangxiensis. Furthermore, Fusarium rosicola is reduced to synonymy under N. brevis. Finally, the genome assemblies of Fusarium secorum (CBS 175.32), Microcera coccophila (CBS 310.34), Rectifusarium robinianum (CBS 430.91), Rugonectria rugulosa (CBS 126565), and Thelonectria blattea (CBS 952.68) are also announced here. Citation: Crous PW, Sandoval-Denis M, Costa MM, Groenewald JZ, van Iperen AL, Starink-Willemse M, Hernández-Restrepo M, Kandemir H, Ulaszewski B, de Boer W, Abdel-Azeem AM, Abdollahzadeh J, Akulov A, Bakhshi M, Bezerra JDP, Bhunjun CS, Câmara MPS, Chaverri P, Vieira WAS, Decock CA, Gaya E, Gené J, Guarro J, Gramaje D, Grube M, Gupta VK, Guarnaccia V, Hill R, Hirooka Y, Hyde KD, Jayawardena RS, Jeewon R, Jurjević Ž, Korsten L, Lamprecht SC, Lombard L, Maharachchikumbura SSN, Polizzi G, Rajeshkumar KC, Salgado-Salazar C, Shang Q-J, Shivas RG, Summerbell RC, Sun GY, Swart WJ, Tan YP, Vizzini A, Xia JW, Zare R, González CD, Iturriaga T, Savary O, Coton M, Coton E, Jany J-L, Liu C, Zeng Z-Q, Zhuang W-Y, Yu Z-H, Thines M (2022). Fusarium and allied fusarioid taxa (FUSA). 1. Fungal Systematics and Evolution 9: 161-200. doi: 10.3114/fuse.2022.09.08.
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Affiliation(s)
- P W Crous
- Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute, Uppsalalaan 8, 3584 CT Utrecht, The Netherlands.,Wageningen University and Research Centre (WUR), Laboratory of Phytopathology, Droevendaalsesteeg 1, 6708 PB Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute, Uppsalalaan 8, 3584 CT Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute, Uppsalalaan 8, 3584 CT Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute, Uppsalalaan 8, 3584 CT Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute, Uppsalalaan 8, 3584 CT Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute, Uppsalalaan 8, 3584 CT Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute, Uppsalalaan 8, 3584 CT Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute, Uppsalalaan 8, 3584 CT Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Center, Senckenberganlage 25, D-60325 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Department of Microbial Ecology, Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW), Wageningen, Netherlands.,Soil Biology Group, Wageningen University, Wageningen, Netherlands
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- Systematic Mycology Lab., Botany and Microbiology Department, Faculty of Science, Suez Canal University, Ismailia 41522, Egypt
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- Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Kurdistan, P.O. Box 416, Sanandaj, Iran
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- Department of Mycology and Plant Resistance, V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, Maidan Svobody 4, 61022 Kharkiv, Ukraine
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- Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection, Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), P.O. Box 19395-1454, Tehran, Iran
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- Setor de Micologia / Departamento de Biociências e Tecnologia, Instituto de Patologia Tropical e Saúde Pública, Rua 235 - s/n - Setor Universitário - CEP: 74605-050, Universidade Federal de Goiás / Federal University of Goiás, Goiânia, Brasil / Goiânia, Brazil
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- Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand
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- Departamento de Agronomia, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Recife, 52171-900, PE, Brazil
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- Escuela de Biología and Centro de Investigaciones en Productos Naturales, Universidad de Costa Rica, San Pedro, Costa Rica
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- Departamento de Agronomia, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Recife, 52171-900, PE, Brazil
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- Mycothèque de l'Université catholique de Louvain (MUCL, BCCMTM), Earth and Life Institute - ELIM - Mycology, Université catholique de Louvain, Croix du Sud 2 bte L7.05.06, B-1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
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- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 3DS, UK
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- Unitat de Micologia, Facultat de Medicina i Ciències de la Salut i Institut d'Investigació Sanitària Pere Virgili (IISPV), Universitat Rovira i Virgili, 43201 Reus, Spain
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- Unitat de Micologia, Facultat de Medicina i Ciències de la Salut i Institut d'Investigació Sanitària Pere Virgili (IISPV), Universitat Rovira i Virgili, 43201 Reus, Spain
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- Institute of Grapevine and Wine Sciences (ICVV), Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)-University of La Rioja-Government of La Rioja, Logroño 26007, Spain
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- Institut für Biologie, Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz, Holteigasse 6, 8010 Graz, Austria
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- Center for Safe and Improved Food, Scotland's Rural College (SRUC), Kings Buildings, West Mains Road, Edinburgh, EH9 3JG, UK.,Biorefining and Advanced Materials Research Center, Scotland's Rural College (SRUC), Kings Buildings, West Mains Road, Edinburgh, EH9 3JG, UK
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- Department of Agricultural, Forestry and Food Sciences (DISAFA), University of Torino, Largo P. Braccini 2, 10095 Grugliasco (TO), Italy
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- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 3DS, UK
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- Department of Clinical Plant Science, Faculty of Bioscience, Hosei University3-7-2 Kajino-cho, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8584, Japan
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- Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand
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- Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand
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- Department of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Mauritius, Reduit, Mauritius
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- EMSL Analytical, Inc., 200 Route 130 North, Cinnaminson, NJ 08077, USA
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- Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Pretoria, P. Bag X20 Hatfield, Pretoria 0002, South Africa
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- ARC-Plant Health and Protection, Private Bag X5017, Stellenbosch 7599, Western Cape, South Africa
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- Dutch General Inspection Service for agricultural seeds and seed potatoes (NAK), Randweg 14, 8304 AS, Emmeloord, The Netherlands
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- School of Life Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 611731, People's Republic of China
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- Dipartimento di Agricoltura, Alimentazione e Ambiente, sez. Patologia vegetale, University of Catania, Via S. Sofia 100, 95123 Catania, Italy
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- National Fungal Culture Collection of India (NFCCI), Biodiversity and Palaeobiology (Fungi) Group, Agharkar Research Institute, Pune, Maharashtra 411 004, India
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- USDA-ARS Mycology & Nematology Genetic Diversity & Biology Laboratory, Bldg. 010A, Rm. 212, BARC-West, 10300 Baltimore Ave. Beltsville, MD 20705, USA
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- Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand.,School of Life Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 611731, People's Republic of China
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- Centre for Crop Health, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba 4350, Queensland, Australia
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- Sporometrics, Toronto, ON, Canada.,Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- College of Plant Protection, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, China
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- Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, Department of Plant Sciences, University of the Free State, P.O. Box 339, Bloemfontein 9300, South Africa
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- Centre for Crop Health, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba 4350, Queensland, Australia.,Queensland Plant Pathology Herbarium, Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, Dutton Park, Queensland 4102, Australia
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- Department of Life Sciences and Systems Biology, University of Torino and Institute for Sustainable Plant Protection (IPSP-SS Turin), C.N.R, Viale P.A. Mattioli, 25, I-10125 Torino, Italy
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- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory for Biology of Vegetable Diseases and Insect Pests, College of Plant Protection, Shandong Agricultural University, Taian, 271018, China
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- Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection, Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), P.O. Box 19395-1454, Tehran, Iran
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- Lab. Salud de Bosques, Fac. de Ciencias Forestales y RRNN, Universidad Austral de Chile, Chile
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- Curator, Cornell University Plant Pathology Herbarium, Ithaca, NY, USA
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- Univ Brest, Laboratoire Universitaire de Biodiversité et Écologie Microbienne, F-29280 Plouzané, France
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- Univ Brest, Laboratoire Universitaire de Biodiversité et Écologie Microbienne, F-29280 Plouzané, France
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- Univ Brest, Laboratoire Universitaire de Biodiversité et Écologie Microbienne, F-29280 Plouzané, France
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- Univ Brest, Laboratoire Universitaire de Biodiversité et Écologie Microbienne, F-29280 Plouzané, France
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- College of Life Sciences, Yangtze University, Jingzhou, Hubei 434025, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Yangtze University, Jingzhou, Hubei 434025, China.,State Key Laboratory of Mycology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Mycology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Yangtze University, Jingzhou, Hubei 434025, China
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- Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Center, Senckenberganlage 25, D-60325 Frankfurt am Main, Germany.,Goethe-University Frankfurt am Main, Department of Biological Sciences, Institute of Ecology, Evolution and Diversity, Max-von-Laue Str. 13, D-60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany.,LOEWE Centre for Translational Biodiversity Genomics, Georg-Voigt-Str. 14-16, D-60325 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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Crous PW, Wingfield MJ, Lombard L, Roets F, Swart WJ, Alvarado P, Carnegie AJ, Moreno G, Luangsaard J, Thangavel R, Alexandrova AV, Baseia IG, Bellanger JM, Bessette AE, Bessette AR, De la Peña-Lastra S, García D, Gené J, Pham THG, Heykoop M, Malysheva E, Malysheva V, Martín MP, Morozova OV, Noisripoom W, Overton BE, Rea AE, Sewall BJ, Smith ME, Smyth CW, Tasanathai K, Visagie CM, Adamčík S, Alves A, Andrade JP, Aninat MJ, Araújo RVB, Bordallo JJ, Boufleur T, Baroncelli R, Barreto RW, Bolin J, Cabero J, Caboň M, Cafà G, Caffot MLH, Cai L, Carlavilla JR, Chávez R, de Castro RRL, Delgat L, Deschuyteneer D, Dios MM, Domínguez LS, Evans HC, Eyssartier G, Ferreira BW, Figueiredo CN, Liu F, Fournier J, Galli-Terasawa LV, Gil-Durán C, Glienke C, Gonçalves MFM, Gryta H, Guarro J, Himaman W, Hywel-Jones N, Iturrieta-González I, Ivanushkina NE, Jargeat P, Khalid AN, Khan J, Kiran M, Kiss L, Kochkina GA, Kolařík M, Kubátová A, Lodge DJ, Loizides M, Luque D, Manjón JL, Marbach PAS, Massola NS, Mata M, Miller AN, Mongkolsamrit S, Moreau PA, Morte A, Mujic A, Navarro-Ródenas A, Németh MZ, Nóbrega TF, Nováková A, Olariaga I, Ozerskaya SM, Palma MA, Petters-Vandresen DAL, Piontelli E, Popov ES, Rodríguez A, Requejo Ó, Rodrigues ACM, Rong IH, Roux J, Seifert KA, Silva BDB, Sklenář F, Smith JA, Sousa JO, Souza HG, De Souza JT, Švec K, Tanchaud P, Tanney JB, Terasawa F, Thanakitpipattana D, Torres-Garcia D, Vaca I, Vaghefi N, van Iperen AL, Vasilenko OV, Verbeken A, Yilmaz N, Zamora JC, Zapata M, Jurjević Ž, Groenewald JZ. Fungal Planet description sheets: 951-1041. Persoonia 2019; 43:223-425. [PMID: 32214501 PMCID: PMC7085856 DOI: 10.3767/persoonia.2019.43.06] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2019] [Accepted: 10/09/2019] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
Abstract
Novel species of fungi described in this study include those from various countries as follows: Antarctica, Apenidiella antarctica from permafrost, Cladosporium fildesense from an unidentified marine sponge. Argentina, Geastrum wrightii on humus in mixed forest. Australia, Golovinomyces glandulariae on Glandularia aristigera, Neoanungitea eucalyptorum on leaves of Eucalyptus grandis, Teratosphaeria corymbiicola on leaves of Corymbia ficifolia, Xylaria eucalypti on leaves of Eucalyptus radiata. Brazil, Bovista psammophila on soil, Fusarium awaxy on rotten stalks of Zea mays, Geastrum lanuginosum on leaf litter covered soil, Hermetothecium mikaniae-micranthae (incl. Hermetothecium gen. nov.) on Mikania micrantha, Penicillium reconvexovelosoi in soil, Stagonosporopsis vannaccii from pod of Glycine max. British Virgin Isles, Lactifluus guanensis on soil. Canada, Sorocybe oblongispora on resin of Picea rubens. Chile, Colletotrichum roseum on leaves of Lapageria rosea. China, Setophoma caverna from carbonatite in Karst cave. Colombia, Lareunionomyces eucalypticola on leaves of Eucalyptus grandis. Costa Rica, Psathyrella pivae on wood. Cyprus, Clavulina iris on calcareous substrate. France, Chromosera ambigua and Clavulina iris var. occidentalis on soil. French West Indies, Helminthosphaeria hispidissima on dead wood. Guatemala, Talaromyces guatemalensis in soil. Malaysia, Neotracylla pini (incl. Tracyllales ord. nov. and Neotracylla gen. nov.) and Vermiculariopsiella pini on needles of Pinus tecunumanii. New Zealand, Neoconiothyrium viticola on stems of Vitis vinifera, Parafenestella pittospori on Pittosporum tenuifolium, Pilidium novae-zelandiae on Phoenix sp. Pakistan, Russula quercus-floribundae on forest floor. Portugal, Trichoderma aestuarinum from saline water. Russia, Pluteus liliputianus on fallen branch of deciduous tree, Pluteus spurius on decaying deciduous wood or soil. South Africa, Alloconiothyrium encephalarti, Phyllosticta encephalarticola and Neothyrostroma encephalarti (incl. Neothyrostroma gen. nov.) on leaves of Encephalartos sp., Chalara eucalypticola on leaf spots of Eucalyptus grandis × urophylla, Clypeosphaeria oleae on leaves of Olea capensis, Cylindrocladiella postalofficium on leaf litter of Sideroxylon inerme, Cylindromonium eugeniicola (incl. Cylindromonium gen. nov.) on leaf litter of Eugenia capensis, Cyphellophora goniomatis on leaves of Gonioma kamassi, Nothodactylaria nephrolepidis (incl. Nothodactylaria gen. nov. and Nothodactylariaceae fam. nov.) on leaves of Nephrolepis exaltata, Falcocladium eucalypti and Gyrothrix eucalypti on leaves of Eucalyptus sp., Gyrothrix oleae on leaves of Olea capensis subsp. macrocarpa, Harzia metrosideri on leaf litter of Metrosideros sp., Hippopotamyces phragmitis (incl. Hippopotamyces gen. nov.) on leaves of Phragmites australis, Lectera philenopterae on Philenoptera violacea, Leptosillia mayteni on leaves of Maytenus heterophylla, Lithohypha aloicola and Neoplatysporoides aloes on leaves of Aloe sp., Millesimomyces rhoicissi (incl. Millesimomyces gen. nov.) on leaves of Rhoicissus digitata, Neodevriesia strelitziicola on leaf litter of Strelitzia nicolai, Neokirramyces syzygii (incl. Neokirramyces gen. nov.) on leaf spots of Syzygium sp., Nothoramichloridium perseae (incl. Nothoramichloridium gen. nov. and Anungitiomycetaceae fam. nov.) on leaves of Persea americana, Paramycosphaerella watsoniae on leaf spots of Watsonia sp., Penicillium cuddlyae from dog food, Podocarpomyces knysnanus (incl. Podocarpomyces gen. nov.) on leaves of Podocarpus falcatus, Pseudocercospora heteropyxidicola on leaf spots of Heteropyxis natalensis, Pseudopenidiella podocarpi, Scolecobasidium podocarpi and Ceramothyrium podocarpicola on leaves of Podocarpus latifolius, Scolecobasidium blechni on leaves of Blechnum capense, Stomiopeltis syzygii on leaves of Syzygium chordatum, Strelitziomyces knysnanus (incl. Strelitziomyces gen. nov.) on leaves of Strelitzia alba, Talaromyces clemensii from rotting wood in goldmine, Verrucocladosporium visseri on Carpobrotus edulis. Spain, Boletopsis mediterraneensis on soil, Calycina cortegadensisi on a living twig of Castanea sativa, Emmonsiellopsis tuberculata in fluvial sediments, Mollisia cortegadensis on dead attached twig of Quercus robur, Psathyrella ovispora on soil, Pseudobeltrania lauri on leaf litter of Laurus azorica, Terfezia dunensis in soil, Tuber lucentum in soil, Venturia submersa on submerged plant debris. Thailand, Cordyceps jakajanicola on cicada nymph, Cordyceps kuiburiensis on spider, Distoseptispora caricis on leaves of Carex sp., Ophiocordyceps khonkaenensis on cicada nymph. USA, Cytosporella juncicola and Davidiellomyces juncicola on culms of Juncus effusus, Monochaetia massachusettsianum from air sample, Neohelicomyces melaleucae and Periconia neobrittanica on leaves of Melaleuca styphelioides × lanceolata, Pseudocamarosporium eucalypti on leaves of Eucalyptus sp., Pseudogymnoascus lindneri from sediment in a mine, Pseudogymnoascus turneri from sediment in a railroad tunnel, Pulchroboletus sclerotiorum on soil, Zygosporium pseudomasonii on leaf of Serenoa repens. Vietnam, Boletus candidissimus and Veloporphyrellus vulpinus on soil. Morphological and culture characteristics are supported by DNA barcodes.
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Affiliation(s)
- P W Crous
- Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute, P.O. Box 85167, 3508 AD Utrecht, The Netherlands
- Department of Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology, Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI), Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, University of Pretoria, Private Bag X20, Hatfield 0028, Pretoria, South Africa
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- Department of Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology, Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI), Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, University of Pretoria, Private Bag X20, Hatfield 0028, Pretoria, South Africa
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- Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute, P.O. Box 85167, 3508 AD Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Conservation Ecology and Entomology, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch 7600, South Africa
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- Department of Plant Sciences (Division of Plant Pathology), University of the Free State, P.O. Box 339, Bloemfontein 9300, South Africa
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- ALVALAB, La Rochela 47, 39012 Santander, Spain
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- Forest Health & Biosecurity, Forest Science, NSW Department of Primary Industries, Level 12, 10 Valentine Ave, Parramatta NSW 2150, Australia
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- Departamento de Ciencias de la Vida (Área de Botánica), Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Alcalá, E-28805 Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain
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- National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (BIOTEC), 113 Thailand Science Park, Phahonyothin Rd., Khlong Nueng, Khlong Luang, Pathum Thani 12120, Thailand
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- Plant Health and Environment Laboratory, Ministry for Primary Industries, P.O. Box 2095, Auckland 1140, New Zealand
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- Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU), Faculty of Biology, 119234, 1, 12 Leninskie Gory Str., Moscow, Russia
- Joint Russian-Vietnamese Tropical Research and Technological Center, Hanoi, Vietnam
- Peoples' Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University) 6 Miklouho-Maclay Str., 117198, Moscow, Russia
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- Departamento Botânica e Zoologia, Centro de Biociências, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Campus Universitário, 59072-970 Natal, RN, Brazil
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- CEFE, CNRS, Université de Montpellier, Université Paul-Valéry Montpellier 3, EPHE, IRD, INSERM, 1919 route de Mende, F-34293 Montpellier Cedex 5, France
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- Departamento de Edafoloxía e Química Agrícola, Facultade de Biología, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, 15782-Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Mycology Unit, Medical School and IISPV, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Sant Llorenç 21, 43201 Reus, Spain
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- Mycology Unit, Medical School and IISPV, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Sant Llorenç 21, 43201 Reus, Spain
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- Joint Russian-Vietnamese Tropical Research and Technological Center, Hanoi, Vietnam
- Saint Petersburg State Forestry University, 194021, 5U Institutsky Str., Saint Petersburg, Russia
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- Departamento de Ciencias de la Vida (Área de Botánica), Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Alcalá, E-28805 Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain
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- Komarov Botanical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Prof. Popov Str. 2, RUS-197376, Saint Petersburg, Russia
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- Komarov Botanical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Prof. Popov Str. 2, RUS-197376, Saint Petersburg, Russia
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- Real Jardín Botánico RJB-CSIC, Plaza de Murillo 2, 28014 Madrid, Spain
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- Joint Russian-Vietnamese Tropical Research and Technological Center, Hanoi, Vietnam
- Komarov Botanical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Prof. Popov Str. 2, RUS-197376, Saint Petersburg, Russia
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- National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (BIOTEC), 113 Thailand Science Park, Phahonyothin Rd., Khlong Nueng, Khlong Luang, Pathum Thani 12120, Thailand
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- Department of Biology, 205 East Campus Science Center, Lock Haven University, Lock Haven, PA 17745 USA
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- Department of Biology, 205 East Campus Science Center, Lock Haven University, Lock Haven, PA 17745 USA
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- Department of Biology, 1900 North 12th Street, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19122 USA
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- Department of Plant Pathology & Florida Museum of Natural History, 2527 Fifield Hall, Gainesville FL 32611, USA
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- Department of Biology, 205 East Campus Science Center, Lock Haven University, Lock Haven, PA 17745 USA
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- National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (BIOTEC), 113 Thailand Science Park, Phahonyothin Rd., Khlong Nueng, Khlong Luang, Pathum Thani 12120, Thailand
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- Department of Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology, Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI), Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, University of Pretoria, Private Bag X20, Hatfield 0028, Pretoria, South Africa
- Biosystematics Division, Agricultural Research Council - Plant Health and Protection, P. Bag X134, Queenswood, Pretoria 0121, South Africa
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- Institute of Botany, Plant Science and Biodiversity Centre, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Dúbravská cesta 9, SK-84523, Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Servicio Agrícola y Ganadero, Laboratorio Regional Valparaíso, Unidad de Fitopatología, Antonio Varas 120, Valparaíso, Código Postal 2360451, Chile
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- Laboratorio de Investigacion, San Vicente Raspeig, 03690 Alicante, Spain
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- Departamento de Fitopatologia e Nematologia, Escola Superior de Agricultura "Luiz de Queiroz", Universidade de São Paulo, Caixa Postal 09, CEP 13418-900, Piracicaba-SP, Brazil
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- Departamento de Fitopatologia, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, 36570-900, MG, Brazil
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- Instituto de Ecorregiones Andinas (INECOA), CONICET-Universidad Nacional de Jujuy, CP 4600, San Salvador de Jujuy, Jujuy, Argentina
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- State Key Laboratory of Mycology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
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- Departamento de Ciencias de la Vida (Área de Botánica), Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Alcalá, E-28805 Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain
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- Facultad de Química y Biología, Universidad de Santiago de Chile (USACH), Alameda 3363, Estación Central, 917002, Santiago, Chile
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- Departamento de Fitopatologia e Nematologia, Escola Superior de Agricultura "Luiz de Queiroz", Universidade de São Paulo, Caixa Postal 09, CEP 13418-900, Piracicaba-SP, Brazil
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- Department of Biology, Ghent University, Karel Lodewijk Ledeganckstraat 35, Ghent, Belgium
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- Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Catamarca, Av. Belgrano 300, San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca, Catamarca, Argentina
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- Laboratorio de Micología, Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biología Vegetal, CONICET, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, CC 495, 5000, Córdoba, Argentina
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- CAB International, UK Centre, Egham, Surrey TW20 9TY, UK
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- Attaché honoraire au Muséum national d'histoire naturelle de Paris, 180 allée du Château, F-24660 Sanilhac, France
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- Departamento de Fitopatologia, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, 36570-900, MG, Brazil
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- State Key Laboratory of Mycology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
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- Facultad de Química y Biología, Universidad de Santiago de Chile (USACH), Alameda 3363, Estación Central, 917002, Santiago, Chile
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- Federal University of Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil
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- Departamento de Biologia, CESAM, Universidade de Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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- Université Paul Sabatier, CNRS, IRD, UMR5174 EDB (Laboratoire Évolution et Diversité Biologique), 118 route de Narbonne, F-31062 Toulouse, France
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- Mycology Unit, Medical School and IISPV, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Sant Llorenç 21, 43201 Reus, Spain
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- Forest Entomology and Microbiology Research Group, Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation, 61 Phaholyothin Road, Chatuchak, Bangkok 10900, Thailand
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- BioAsia Life Sciences Institute, 1938 Xinqun Rd, Pinghu, Zhejiang 314200, PR China
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- Mycology Unit, Medical School and IISPV, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Sant Llorenç 21, 43201 Reus, Spain
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- All-Russian collection of microorganisms (VKM), IBPM RAS, prospect Nauki, 5, Pushchino, Moscow Region, Russia
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- Université Paul Sabatier, CNRS, IRD, UMR5174 EDB (Laboratoire Évolution et Diversité Biologique), 118 route de Narbonne, F-31062 Toulouse, France
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- Department of Botany, University of Punjab, Quaid e Azam campus, Lahore 54590, Pakistan
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- Center for Plant Sciences and Biodiversity, University of Swat, KP, Pakistan
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- Department of Botany, University of Punjab, Quaid e Azam campus, Lahore 54590, Pakistan
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- Centre for Crop Health, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba 4350, Queensland, Australia
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- All-Russian collection of microorganisms (VKM), IBPM RAS, prospect Nauki, 5, Pushchino, Moscow Region, Russia
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- Laboratory of Fungal Genetics and Metabolism, Institute of Microbiology of the CAS, v.v.i., Vídeňská 1083, 142 20 Prague 4, Czech Republic
- Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Benátská 2, 12801 Prague 2, Czech Republic
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- Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Benátská 2, 12801 Prague 2, Czech Republic
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- Department of Plant Pathology, 2105 Miller Plant Sciences Bldg., University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30606, USA
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- C/Severo Daza 31, 41820 Carrión de los Céspedes (Sevilla), Spain
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- Departamento de Ciencias de la Vida (Área de Botánica), Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Alcalá, E-28805 Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain
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- Federal University of Recôncavo da Bahia, Bahia, Brazil
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- Departamento de Fitopatologia e Nematologia, Escola Superior de Agricultura "Luiz de Queiroz", Universidade de São Paulo, Caixa Postal 09, CEP 13418-900, Piracicaba-SP, Brazil
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- Departamento de Ciencias de la Vida (Área de Botánica), Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Alcalá, E-28805 Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain
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- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Illinois Natural History Survey, 1816 South Oak Street, Champaign, Illinois, 61820, USA
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- National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (BIOTEC), 113 Thailand Science Park, Phahonyothin Rd., Khlong Nueng, Khlong Luang, Pathum Thani 12120, Thailand
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- Université de Lille, Faculté de pharmacie de Lille, EA 4483, F-59000 Lille, France
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- Departamento de Biología Vegetal (Botánica), Facultad de Biología, Universidad de Murcia, 30100 Murcia, Spain
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- Department of Biology, Fresno State University, 2555 East San Ramon Ave, Fresno CA 93740, USA
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- Departamento de Biología Vegetal (Botánica), Facultad de Biología, Universidad de Murcia, 30100 Murcia, Spain
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- Plant Protection Institute, Centre for Agricultural Research, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest H-1022, Herman Otto út 15, Hungary
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- Departamento de Fitopatologia, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, 36570-900, MG, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Fungal Genetics and Metabolism, Institute of Microbiology of the CAS, v.v.i., Vídeňská 1083, 142 20 Prague 4, Czech Republic
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- Biology and Geology Physics and Inorganic Chemistry Department, Rey Juan Carlos university, C/Tulipán s/n, 28933 Móstoles, Madrid, Spain
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- All-Russian collection of microorganisms (VKM), IBPM RAS, prospect Nauki, 5, Pushchino, Moscow Region, Russia
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- Servicio Agrícola y Ganadero, Laboratorio Regional Valparaíso, Unidad de Fitopatología, Antonio Varas 120, Valparaíso, Código Postal 2360451, Chile
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- Universidad de Valparaíso, Facultad de Medicina, Profesor Emérito Cátedra de Micología, Angámos 655, Reñaca, Viña del Mar, Código Postal 2540064, Chile
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- Joint Russian-Vietnamese Tropical Research and Technological Center, Hanoi, Vietnam
- Komarov Botanical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Prof. Popov Str. 2, RUS-197376, Saint Petersburg, Russia
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- Departamento de Biología Vegetal (Botánica), Facultad de Biología, Universidad de Murcia, 30100 Murcia, Spain
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- Grupo Micológico Gallego, San Xurxo, A Laxe 12b, 36470, Salceda de Caseleas, Spain
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biologia de Fungos, Departamento de Micologia, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, 50670-420 Recife, PE, Brazil
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- Biosystematics Division, Agricultural Research Council - Plant Health and Protection, P. Bag X134, Queenswood, Pretoria 0121, South Africa
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- Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI), Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, University of Pretoria, Private Bag X20, Hatfield 0028, Pretoria, South Africa
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- Biodiversity (Mycology), Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 960 Carling Avenue, Ottawa, ON K1A 0C6, Canada
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- Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Fungal Genetics and Metabolism, Institute of Microbiology of the CAS, v.v.i., Vídeňská 1083, 142 20 Prague 4, Czech Republic
- Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Benátská 2, 12801 Prague 2, Czech Republic
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- School of Forest Resources and Conservation, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611-0680, USA
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- Departamento Botânica e Zoologia, Centro de Biociências, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Campus Universitário, 59072-970 Natal, RN, Brazil
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- Federal University of Recôncavo da Bahia, Bahia, Brazil
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- Federal University of Lavras, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Fungal Genetics and Metabolism, Institute of Microbiology of the CAS, v.v.i., Vídeňská 1083, 142 20 Prague 4, Czech Republic
- Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Benátská 2, 12801 Prague 2, Czech Republic
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- Federal University of Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil
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- National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (BIOTEC), 113 Thailand Science Park, Phahonyothin Rd., Khlong Nueng, Khlong Luang, Pathum Thani 12120, Thailand
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- Mycology Unit, Medical School and IISPV, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Sant Llorenç 21, 43201 Reus, Spain
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- Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Chile, Las Palmeras 3425, Ñuñoa, Santiago, Chile
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- Centre for Crop Health, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba 4350, Queensland, Australia
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- Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute, P.O. Box 85167, 3508 AD Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- All-Russian collection of microorganisms (VKM), IBPM RAS, prospect Nauki, 5, Pushchino, Moscow Region, Russia
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- Department of Biology, Ghent University, Karel Lodewijk Ledeganckstraat 35, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology, Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI), Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, University of Pretoria, Private Bag X20, Hatfield 0028, Pretoria, South Africa
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- Museum of Evolution, Uppsala University, Norbyvägen 16, SE-75236 Uppsala, Sweden
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- Servicio Agrícola y Ganadero, Laboratorio Regional Chillán, Unidad de Fitopatología, Claudio Arrau 738, Chillán, Código Postal 3800773, Chile
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- EMSL Analytical, Inc., 200 Route 130 North, Cinnaminson, NJ 08077, USA
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- Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute, P.O. Box 85167, 3508 AD Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Philippou OA, Minnaar-Ontong A, Swart WJ, van Biljon A. First Report of Fusarium oxysporum Causing Wilt on Hoodia gordonii in South Africa. Plant Dis 2013; 97:140. [PMID: 30722301 DOI: 10.1094/pdis-05-12-0501-pdn] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Traditionally the San people of southern Africa used Hoodia species as an appetite suppressant and various medicinal purposes (1). Hoodia gordonii (Masson) Sweet ex Decne therefore became a commercially sought-after species due to the claim of its anorectic activity. During 2004, extensive wilting was observed on H. gordonii in commercial plantings near Kakamas and Pofadder (northern Cape, South Africa). The wilting gradually increased, which caused stems to rot at the base and shrivel up, causing plants to collapse and die. Affected plants exhibited discoloration in the stems' vascular tissues. Vascular tissue excised from stems and excisions of roots were surface sterilized for 3 min in 70% ethanol followed by 3 min in 1% NaOCl, rinsed with sterile water and plated onto Van Wyks Agar, a Fusarium-selective medium (3). Isolates were grown on potato dextrose agar (PDA) and carnation leaf agar (CLA) for 14 days at 25°C. The morphological features were examined (2); identification was based on colony and sporodochia color as well as conidial morphology from single-spore colonies. The conidial morphology includes the presence or absence of macro- and microconidia and chlamydospores as well as the shape, number of septa, and basal cell of the macroconidia. The shape, characteristics, and phialides of the microconidia was also included in this analysis. To confirm pathogenicity, 18 1-year-old H. gordonii plants, 18 H. pilifera (L.f.) Plowes subsp. annulata (N.E.Br.) Bruyns plants, and 18 carnation seedlings were planted into autoclaved soil amended with 1% finely grounded oats inoculated with isolate CBS 132482 (PREM 11783), while control plants were planted in sterile soil. After 30 days, tissue was dissected from each stem, surface sterilized, rinsed, and plated on CLA and PDA for recovery of fungi. Control plants and carnations remained healthy and no fungi were recovered. All Hoodia plants displayed wilt symptoms and F. oxysporum were reisolated from the infected plants. DNA was extracted from the representative isolate (CBS 132482) and a fragment of the translation elongation factor 1-alpha (EF-1α) gene was amplified using primers EF-1/EF-2 by the polymerase chain reaction assay (4). After the isolate was sequenced and aligned, BLAST analysis of the 603-bp fragment (GenBank Accession No. JX003858) showed a 100% homology with F. oxysporum (GenBank Accession No. GU226828). The beta tubulin gene sequenced (GenBank Accession No. JX003859) was amplified using the primers Bt-2a/Bt-2b. BLAST searches with the resulting 311-bp fragment showed a 99.4% homology with several isolates of F. oxysporum in the GenBank database (JQ265753; FR828825; DQ092480). The fungus had a specific host preference because it did not infect carnations as well as previously tested plants, which included beans, pumpkin, tomato, and watermelon. To our knowledge, this is the first report of F. oxysporum causing wilt in H. gordonii in South Africa. References: (1) B. Hargreaves and Q. Turner. Askelpios 86:11, 2002. (2) J. F. Leslie and B. A. Summerell. Page 369 in: The Fusarium Laboratory Manual, Blackwell Professional, Ames, IA, 2006. (3) P. S. van Wyk et al. Phytophylactica 18:67, 1986. (4) P. Vos et al. Nucleic Acids Res. 23:4407, 1995.
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- Department of Plant Sciences, University of the Free State, P.O. Box 399, Bloemfontein 9300, South Africa
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- Department of Plant Sciences, University of the Free State, P.O. Box 399, Bloemfontein 9300, South Africa
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- Department of Plant Sciences, University of the Free State, P.O. Box 399, Bloemfontein 9300, South Africa
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- Department of Plant Sciences, University of the Free State, P.O. Box 399, Bloemfontein 9300, South Africa
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Swart WJ, Knox-Davies PS, Wingfield MJ. Sphaeropsis sapinea, with Special Reference to its Occurrence onPinusSpp. in South Africa. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2010. [DOI: 10.1080/00382167.1985.9629601] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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- b Department of Microbiology , University of the Orange Free State , Bloemfontein , 9300
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Swart WJ, Tarekegn G. First Report of Fusarium verticillioides on Kenaf in South Africa. Plant Dis 2007; 91:112. [PMID: 30781084 DOI: 10.1094/pd-91-0112a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Kenaf (Malvaceae; Hibiscus cannabinus L.) is being commercially cultivated in Winterton, South Africa for its high-quality cellulose fibers with approximately 2,000 ha currently under cultivation. In 2004, 25% of 1-month-old kenaf plants grown from seed were observed in the field with severe wilting followed by lodging and mortality within 1 week. Isolations from diseased stem and root tissue on malt extract agar (MEA) consistently yielded Fusarium verticillioides (Sacc.) Nirenberg (2). Pathogenicity tests were conducted by inoculating kenaf seedlings with inoculum prepared from barley grains that had been colonized by the pathogen in vitro for 2 weeks prior to being finely ground in a laboratory mill. Fifty seeds from each of eight kenaf cultivars were incubated at 25°C on sterile filter paper to ensure germination and the absence of pathogens. Germinated seeds were sown in pots (400 cm3) containing steam sterilized loam soil (200 g) by placing 20 germinated seeds from each cultivar, with four replicates (5 seeds per pot), on the soil in each pot and covering them with 100 g of the same soil. Inoculum powder was sprinkled on the surface of the soil in each pot and covered by 100 g of soil. Pots were maintained in a glasshouse at an ambient temperature of 25°C. Sterile ground barley seeds served as the control treatment. Pots were watered daily with 20 ml of water and observed periodically for seedling emergence. The percentage of diseased seedlings was recorded after 3 weeks and the experiment was repeated. Wilting had occurred in 85% of seedlings when they were approximately 4 cm high and all diseased seedlings had died within 1 week thereafter. Subsequent examination revealed dark brown lesions girdling the stem and decayed roots in all instances. No symptoms developed on control plants. From means of combined data, the greatest seedling mortality was observed for cv. Gregg (65%) and the least for cv. Cuba108 (5%). Mean mortalities for the remaining six cultivars ranged from 30 to 55%. The pathogen was reisolated on MEA from all diseased seedlings. To our knowledge, this is the first report of F. verticillioides occurring on kenaf in South Africa. The only other report of Fusarium sp. causing serious damping-off of kenaf is from Iran (1). The potential impact of the pathogen on kenaf production in South Africa must be considered in the implementation of disease control measures. References: (1) J. M. Dempsey. Kenaf. In: Fiber Crops. The University Press of Florida, Gainesville, 1975. (2) J. F. Leslie and B. A. Summerell. The Fusarium Laboratory Manual. Blackwell Publishing, Ames, IA, 2006.
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- W J Swart
- Center for Plant Health Management, Department of Plant Sciences, University of the Free State, P.O. Box 339, Bloemfontein 9300, South Africa
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- Center for Plant Health Management, Department of Plant Sciences, University of the Free State, P.O. Box 339, Bloemfontein 9300, South Africa
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Swart WJ. First Report of Powdery Mildew of Cashew Caused by Oidium anacardii in South Africa. Plant Dis 2004; 88:1284. [PMID: 30795329 DOI: 10.1094/pdis.2004.88.11.1284a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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The cashew plant (Anacardium occidentale L.) (family Anacardiaceae) is native to Brazil. It was introduced in East Africa by the Portuguese in the 16th century where it is now widely cultivated, especially in Tanzania, Kenya, and Mozambique. The processed kernels are the most important product derived from the plant, although in Brazil and India, juices, jam, and alcoholic and soft drinks are also made from the pear-shaped edible receptacle. The plant is currently being evaluated in South Africa for commercial production. During May 2002, at least 25% of 5-year-old cashew trees grown from seed in the northern KwaZulu-Natal Province of South Africa were infected with powdery mildew. Signs included extensive growth of white, superficial mycelium bearing upright conidiophores on young shoots with tender leaves, inflorescences, and young receptacles. In severely affected trees, approximately 35% of young shoots and 45% of young receptacles displayed signs of powdery mildew. Severely infected young leaves were brown and deformed in contrast to older leaves that were unaffected. Microscopic examination of diseased tissue revealed hyaline, cylindrical-to-slightly doliform, single-celled conidia (10 to 17.5 × 2.5 to 5 μm) borne in chains. The pathogen was subsequently identified as Oidium anacardii Noack on the basis of morphology (1). No other species of powdery mildew fungi have been reported on cashew. A pathogenicity test was conducted by gently pressing a heavily diseased leaf onto two healthy leaves of each of 10 cashew plants maintained in pots on open benches in the glasshouse at 22 to 25°C and mean relative humidity of 65%. Control treatments entailed pressing an asymptomatic leaf onto each of two healthy leaves per plant. The experiment was conducted three times. After 14 days, at least one powdery mildew colony had developed on 80% of inoculated leaves but were absent from all replications of the control treatment. The source of inoculum for this reported outbreak is unknown, although O. anacardii is known to occur in southern Mozambique less than 100 km from the infected site. Cashew powdery mildew was first officially reported in Tanzania in 1979 where significant crop losses, partially attributable to the pathogen, have been recorded since (3). No significant damage to production has been recorded in Brazil (2). To our knowledge, this is the first report of O. anacardii occurring on cashew in South Africa. References: (1) E. Castellani and F. Casulli. Rivista di Agricoltura Subtropicale e Tropicale 75:211, 1981. (2) F. C. O. Freire et al. Crop Prot. 21:489, 2002. (3) P. J. Martin et al. Crop Prot. 16:5, 1996.
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- W J Swart
- New Crop Pathology Program, Department of Plant Sciences, University of the Free State, P.O. Box 339, Bloemfontein 9300, South Africa
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Blodgett JT, Swart WJ, Louw SV. Identification of Fungi and Fungal Pathogens Associated with Hypolixus haerens and Decayed and Cankered Stems of Amaranthus hybridus. Plant Dis 2004; 88:333-337. [PMID: 30812610 DOI: 10.1094/pdis.2004.88.4.333] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Discoloration, cankers, and decay in branches, stems, and root collars of Amaranthus hybridus were observed in Bloemfontein, South Africa. Examination of symptomatic stems revealed larval galleries of the pigweed weevil (Hypolixus haerens). The objectives of this study were to: identify the most common fungal species associated with this damage, determine if the adult pigweed weevil might be a vector for the fungi, and test if the associated fungi can cause the stem canker disease observed in the field. The most common fungal species isolated were Fusarium subglutinans from discolored tissues adjacent to insect galleries (42%), F. subglutinans from weevil larvae (29%), the Alternaria tenuissima group from adult weevils (31%), and the A. tenuissima group from cankered stems (40%). Three of the seven most common fungal species produced cankers following wounding and inoculation, with F. sambucinum and F. oxysporum being the most aggressive. Although fungal species compositions differed (P < 0.01) among the four tissue/insect stage combinations tested, all four had the same major fungal species, suggesting the pigweed weevil as a vector for the Fusarium pathogens. There is significant potential for yield loss affiliated with this insect-fungal association. The identification of this insect-fungal relationship and the pathogens involved in disease set the stage for further research on the etiology and disease management of this important insect-fungal relationship.
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- Professor, Department of Plant Science
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- Professor, Department of Zoology & Entomology, University of the Free State, P.O. Box 339, Bloemfontein 9300, South Africa
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Swart WJ, Tesfaendrias MT, Terblanche J. First Report of Sclerotium rolfsii on Kenaf in South Africa. Plant Dis 2003; 87:874. [PMID: 30812907 DOI: 10.1094/pdis.2003.87.7.874a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Kenaf, Hibiscus cannabinus L. (Malvaceae), is being planted commercially in South Africa for the high quality cellulose fibers that it produces. In a January 2001 survey of 3-month-old kenaf plants grown from seed in experimental plots near Rustenburg, Northwest Province, 30% of plants were observed with severe wilting. Stems at ground level of all infected plants had sunken tan lesions, white mycelial strands, and small, dark brown, 1 to 2 mm diameter sclerotia. Isolations from diseased stem tissue on malt extract agar (MEA) consistently yielded a fungus conforming to the description of Sclerotium rolfsii Sacc. (teleomorph Athelia rolfsii (Curzi) Tu & Kimbrough). Pathogenicity tests were conducted by applying toothpick tips (5 mm) colonized by S. rolfsii on MEA to the stems of 120-day-old potted plants of 10 kenaf cultivars in the greenhouse. Five plants of each cultivar were wounded once using a sharp dissecting needle, and a colonized toothpick tip was placed on top of each wound. Control treatments consisted of five plants per cultivar each wounded and inoculated with sterile toothpick tips. All inoculation points were wrapped using Parafilm, and the experiment was conducted twice. Lesions were measured after 10 days. Mean lesion lengths for the 10 cultivars were as follows: Dowling (34.9 mm), Cuba 108 (38.6 mm), Gregg (41.1 mm), Everglades 41 (44.2 mm), SF459 (44.9 mm), Tainung 2 (45.8 mm), El Salvador (45.9 mm), Whitton (46.1 mm), Everglades 71 (46.4 mm), and Endora (54.0 mm). The Newman-Keuls multiple comparison test revealed that cvs. Dowling and Endora were significantly more resistant and more susceptible (P < 0.05), respectively, than the other cultivars. Lesions did not develop on control plants. The fungus was reisolated on MEA from all artificially inoculated plants. The pathogen is reported to cause serious losses in yield and fiber quality of kenaf (1). To our knowledge, this is the first report of S. rolfsii on kenaf in South Africa. Commercial plantings of kenaf in South Africa are expected to exceed 500 ha during the next 2 years, so its potential impact on kenaf production in this country will be significant if efficient disease control measures are not practiced. References: (1) J. M. Dempsey. Kenaf. Pages 203-304 in: Fiber Crops. The University Press of Florida, Gainesville, 1975.
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- W J Swart
- Department of Plant Pathology, University of the Free State, P.O. Box 339, Bloemfontein 9300, South Africa
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- Department of Plant Pathology, University of the Free State, P.O. Box 339, Bloemfontein 9300, South Africa
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- ARC Institute for Industrial Crops, Private Bag X2075, Rustenburg 0300, South Africa
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With the increased use of Amaranthus hybridus as a leafy-vegetable crop in Africa and the recent identification of Alternaria leaf spot on this host in southern Africa, the role of this potentially damaging pathogen was investigated. The goals of this study were to test the pathogenicity of the Alternaria tenuissima group, determine how these fungi infect Amaranthus hybridus leaves, and examine the colonization pattern within host tissues. Asymptomatic leaves of Amaranthus hybridus were collected from two field sites in South Africa. Eight A. tenuissima group isolates collected from these leaves were used in inoculation experiments conducted in both greenhouse and growth chamber studies. Scanning electron microscopy revealed A. tenuissima-like conidia germinating on leaf surfaces and mycelia entering leaves only through stomata of both field-collected and artificially inoculated leaves. Unwounded, inoculated leaves had no symptoms, and light-microscopy observations of both asymptomatic field-collected and unwounded and inoculated leaves revealed hyphae in mesophyll tissue growing intercellularly with no host cell penetration or host-cell response. Seven of the eight isolates produced brown to black, circular to oval, necrotic lesions only at the wound site of injured and inoculated leaves. These results confirm that isolates of the A. tenuissima group can infect and colonize Amaranthus hybridus leaves in a manner consistent with other endophytic fungi, and suggest that these fungi can act as latent leaf pathogens when the host is altered by wounding.
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- Professor, Department of Plant Science, University of the Free State, P.O. Box 339, Bloemfontein 9300, South Africa
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Swart WJ, Tesfaendrias MT, Botha W. First Report of Basal Stem Rot Caused by Pythium Group G on Kenaf in South Africa. Plant Dis 2002; 86:698. [PMID: 30823270 DOI: 10.1094/pdis.2002.86.6.698d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Kenaf (Hibiscus cannabinus L. Malvaceae) presents a source of high-quality cellulose fibers and is being investigated in South Africa for commercial production. In March 2001, 12 5-month-old kenaf plants grown from seed in experimental plots near Bloemfontein, South Africa, displayed large, black, sunken lesions (10 to 20 cm long) at the base of the stem, and severe root rot. A study was undertaken to characterize the pathogen, and to determine the relative susceptibilities of five kenaf genotypes being considered for commercial cultivation. Isolations from diseased tissue on malt extract agar consistently yielded a fungus identified as Pythium group G (1). Four-month-old kenaf plants were artificially inoculated in the field by inserting wooden toothpick tips colonized by the pathogen approximately 25 cm above soil level into the stems of 10 plants of each of five genotypes. Inoculation points were wrapped using Parafilm. The fungus was highly virulent to all five kenaf genotypes in two experiments, with mean cambial lesion lengths of 117, 119, 120, 122, and 139 mm at 7 days after inoculation for Tainung-2, Cuba 108, SF-459, El Salvador, and Everglades 41, respectively. Lesions ranged from 44 to 164 mm, with an overall mean of 124 mm for all five genotypes. No lesions developed in control plants. Although Everglades had the longest lesions, there were no significant differences (P < 0.05) among genotypes. Koch's postulates were completed by reisolating the fungus from all inoculated plants. To our knowledge, there are no published reports of Pythium group G causing stem or root rot of kenaf. References: (1) M. W. Dick. Keys to Pythium. University of Reading Press, Reading, UK, 1990.
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- W J Swart
- Department of Plant Sciences, University of the Free State, P.O. Box 339, Bloemfontein 9300, South Africa
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- Department of Plant Sciences, University of the Free State, P.O. Box 339, Bloemfontein 9300, South Africa
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- ARC Plant Protection Research Institute, Private Bag X134, Roodeplaat 0001, South Africa
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Swart WJ, Kriel WM. Pathogens Associated with Necrosis of Cactus Pear Cladodes in South Africa. Plant Dis 2002; 86:693. [PMID: 30823253 DOI: 10.1094/pdis.2002.86.6.693d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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The commercial cultivation of spineless cactus (Opuntia ficus-indica (L.) Miller) for its fruit is a relatively recent undertaking in South Africa but has been shown to possess huge export potential. To date, only one fungal pathogen, Didymosphaeria opulenta (De Not.) Sacc., has been officially reported on the genus Opuntia in South Africa, but the report is from O. stricta Haw. and not O. ficus-indica (1). The need for research on diseases of O. ficus-indica in South Africa has recently become important since local growers are increasingly reporting disease-related yield losses. Surveys conducted over a period of 3 years indicated that stems or cladodes are particularly prone to various forms of tissue necrosis, caused primarily by three fungi, which can ultimately lead to death of entire cladodes. Alternaria tenuissima was isolated from a dry superficial necrosis of the cuticle and underlying tissue as much as 3 mm deep. Symptoms include small chlorotic spots on the cuticle, which coalesce to form raised gray scabs. Fusarium sporotrichoides was isolated more commonly from dry necrotic lesions that were darker, larger, and less superficial, sometimes extending through the tissue to the opposite side of the cladode. Lasiodiplodia theobromae (teleomorph Botryosphaeria rhodina) was isolated from roundish black cankers (15 to 50 mm diameter) on cladodes and characterized by black gum exudation from the perimeter of the canker. Pycnidia were often evident on the surface of the canker. The fulfillment of Koch's postulates demonstrated that an isolate of each respective species was very aggressive in colonizing cladodes following artificial inoculations in the glasshouse. Mean lesion diameters measuring 15, 27, and 44 mm for A. tenuissima, F. sporotrichoides, and L. theobromae, respectively, were recorded 14 days after inserting wooden toothpick tips that had been colonized by the three pathogens into each of five cladodes of 18-month-old potted plants of O. ficus-indica (cv. Morado). Alternaria sp. and B. rhodina have been reported on Opuntia sp. in the United States (2), but no records of the above three fungi occurring on O. ficus-indica were found. References: (1) P. W. Crous et al. Phytopathogenic Fungi from South Africa. University of Stellenbosch, Department of Plant Pathology Press, Stellenbosch, South Africa, 2000. (2) D. F. Farr et al. Fungi on Plants and Plant Products in the United States. The American Phytopathological Society, St. Paul, MN, 1989.
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- W J Swart
- Department of Plant Sciences, University of the Free State, P.O. Box 339, Bloemfontein 9300, South Africa
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- Department of Plant Sciences, University of the Free State, P.O. Box 339, Bloemfontein 9300, South Africa
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Chen WQ, Swart WJ. Genetic Variation Among Fusarium oxysporum Isolates Associated with Root Rot of Amaranthus hybridus in South Africa. Plant Dis 2001; 85:1076-1080. [PMID: 30823279 DOI: 10.1094/pdis.2001.85.10.1076] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Thirty isolates of Fusarium oxysporum were recovered from six substrates: (i) tap roots of Amaranthus hybridus showing symptoms of root rot, (ii) side roots of A. hybridus showing symptoms of root rot, (iii) soil surrounding plants of A. hybridus, (iv) pigweed weevils (Hypolixus haerens) that feed on A. hybridus, (v) rhizosphere of maize plants growing adjacent to a field of amaranth, and (vi) rhizosphere of dry bean plants growing adjacent to a field of amaranth. The isolates were characterized by means of pathogenicity tests, isozyme analysis, and vegetative compatibility group (VCG) tests. In the pathogenicity tests, toothpick tips were infested with F. oxysporum and inserted into amaranth stems. All 30 isolates were pathogenic on A. hybridus, with significant differences in pathogenicity based on lesion length measured 4 weeks after inoculation. The isolates were grouped into nine VCGs by complementation tests using nitrate nonutilizing mutants. Self-incompatibility was not observed for any of the isolates. The most common VCG was VCG1, which comprised 20 of the 30 isolates tested. The second most common group was VCG3, which included three isolates, while the remaining seven VCGs each consisted of a single isolate. The results indicate that the population of the amaranth root rot pathogen examined in this study is relatively homogeneous. Results of the isozyme analysis supported the results of VCG tests. Three major groups were delineated within the 30 isolates of F. oxysporum following cluster analysis of electrophoretic phenotypic values for seven isozymes (EST, IDH, G6PDH, ACP, PEP1, PEP2, and PEP3) tested. No relationship was found between isozyme phenotype and the substrate from which the isolates were recovered.
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- Wei-Qun Chen
- Department of Plant Pathology, Faculty of Agriculture, The University of the Free State, P.O. Box 339, Bloemfontein 9300, South Africa
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Faculty of Agriculture, The University of the Free State, P.O. Box 339, Bloemfontein 9300, South Africa
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Swart WJ, Tesfaendrias MT, Terblanche J. First Report of Botrytis cinerea on Kenaf in South Africa. Plant Dis 2001; 85:1032. [PMID: 30823102 DOI: 10.1094/pdis.2001.85.9.1032b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Kenaf (Hibiscus cannabinus L.) (Malvaceae) is a source of high-quality cellulose fibers and is being investigated in South Africa with a view to commercial production. In April 2001, 20 to 30% of 5-month-old kenaf plants grown from seed in experimental plots near Rustenburg, Northwest Province, South Africa, were affected by gray mold caused by Botrytis cinerea Pers.:Fr. Infected plants displayed brown necrotic areas that girdled the stem, resulting in wilting and lodging in at least 50% of observed cases. Symptoms included extensive growth of mycelia and gray conidia on stem lesions. Microscopic examination revealed hyaline, one-celled conidia and conidiophores conforming to the description of B. cinerea. Plating of diseased stem tissue on malt extract agar (MEA) consistently yielded B. cinerea. Koch's postulates were satisfied by applying toothpick tips (5 mm) colonized by B. cinerea on MEA to the stems of 10 120-day-old greenhouse-grown plants of each of five kenaf cultivars. A colonized toothpick tip was placed on the stem of each of five plants per cultivar at a point ≍15 cm above soil level. Another five plants of each cultivar were wounded once using a sharp dissecting needle, and a colonized toothpick tip was placed on top of each wound. Corresponding control treatments consisted of five additional plants per cultivar, each wounded and mock-inoculated with sterile toothpick tips. Inoculation points were wrapped in Parafilm. The experiment was conducted twice. Developing lesions were measured after 7 days. Mean lesion lengths for the two treatments, nonwounded and wounded, on the five cultivars were, respectively: 32.4 and 35.2 mm for Everglades 41; 14.9 and 53.8 mm for Cuba 108; 39.5 and 55.8 mm for El Salvador; 19.0 and 44.3 mm for SF459; and 12.4 and 43.9 mm for Tainung 2. The Newman-Keuls multiple comparison test revealed no significant difference (P < 0.05) in means among cultivars for the wounded treatment. For the nonwounded treatment, Everglades 41 and El Salvador were significantly more susceptible (P < 0.05) than the three remaining cultivars. No lesions developed on control treatments. The fungus was reisolated on MEA from all artificially inoculated plants. The pathogen is reported to cause serious losses in yield and fiber quality of kenaf in Spain (1). This is the first report of B. cinerea on kenaf in South Africa, and its potential impact on kenaf production in this country should be taken seriously. Reference: (1) A. De Cal and P. Melgarejo. Plant Dis. 76:539, 1992.
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- W J Swart
- Department of Plant Pathology, University of the Free State, P.O. Box 339, Bloemfontein 9300, South Africa
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- Department of Plant Pathology, University of the Free State, P.O. Box 339, Bloemfontein 9300, South Africa
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- ARC Institute for Industrial Crops, Private Bag X2075, Rustenburg 0300, South Africa
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Swart WJ, Terblanche J. First Report of Powdery Mildew of Kenaf Caused by Leveillula taurica in South Africa. Plant Dis 2001; 85:923. [PMID: 30823077 DOI: 10.1094/pdis.2001.85.8.923c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Kenaf (Hibiscus cannabinus L.) is a fast-growing, bamboo-like annual plant belonging to the Malvaceae. The stem, which ranges from 1.5 to 4 m, presents a source of high-quality cellulose fibers. The plant is being investigated in South Africa with a view to commercial production. In April 2001, at least 50% of 4- to 5-month-old kenaf plants grown from seed in trials near Rustenburg, Northwest Province, South Africa, were observed as having powdery mildew. Signs included extensive growth of white, superficial mycelium and emergent conidiophores on the abaxial leaf surface, followed by partial defoliation. On older leaves, the abaxial leaf surface was completely covered by powdery mildew, and chlorotic and necrotic patches were clearly visible on the adaxial surface. Symptoms were observed on all five planted cultivars (Everglades 41, Cuba 108, El Salvador, SF459, and Tainung 2), and no difference in disease severity was noted among cultivars. Leveillula taurica (Lév.) Arnaud (anamorph Oidiopsis taurica [Lév.] Salmon) was subsequently identified by the presence of endophytic mycelia, often branched conidiophores, and dimorphic conidia borne singly or in short chains (1). In 100 measurements of each type, pyriform conidia averaged 69 ± 5 × 18 ± 2 μm and cylindrical conidia averaged 62 ± 6 × 16 ± 2 μm. The teleomorph was not observed. The source of L. taurica for this reported outbreak is unknown, and powdery mildew was not observed in a field of mature cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) growing within 10 m of the kenaf plot. L. taurica was reported on kenaf in Texas in 1992 (2) and in Italy in 1995 (3). The pathogen can cause significant losses in seed yield and reduce seed quality in susceptible kenaf cultivars. Although L. taurica has been reported from Hibiscus sabdariffa in Egypt (4), to our knowledge this is the first report of the pathogen occurring on kenaf in Africa. References: (1) H. J. Boesewinkel. Bot Rev. 46:167, 1980. (2) C. G. Cook and J. L. Riggs. Plant Dis. 79:968, 1995. (3) S. Frisullo et al. Inf. Fitopatol. 45:37-41, 1995. (4) M. Khairy, et al. Phytopathol. Medit. 10:269-271, 1971.
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- W J Swart
- Department of Plant Pathology, University of the Free State, P.O. Box 339, Bloemfontein 9300, South Africa
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- ARC Institute for Industrial Crops, Private Bag X2075, Rustenburg 0300, South Africa
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Swart WJ, Mathews C, Saxena KB. First Report of Leaf Rust Caused by Uredo cajani on Pigeonpea in South Africa. Plant Dis 2000; 84:1344. [PMID: 30831885 DOI: 10.1094/pdis.2000.84.12.1344b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan [L.] Mills.) is an important legume with potential as a dryland crop with multiple uses in the semi-arid areas of South Africa. Approximately 150 tons of dry, split seeds are imported monthly to meet the needs of South Africa. In May 2000, field trials and farmer's plots with plant ages varying from 1 to 3 years old were visited in Mpumalanga and Kwazulu-Natal to assess problems associated with pigeonpea cultivation. Rust was prevalent on more than 80% of plants on young and old leaves at all sites but was most severe at sites in Mpumalanga, where severe rust was observed on all 17 ICRISAT varieties evaluated. Leaf lesions began as chlorotic flecks that expanded and developed into necrotic spots with several orange red to brown uredinia present mostly on the abaxial sides of leaves. Urediospores were 1-celled and initially hyaline, turning dark orange, minutely echinulate, spherical with 2 to 4 circular germpores and measured 20-27 × 17 to 21μ. No telia were found and all morphological characteristics therefore correspond with the CMI description of Uredo cajani Syd. (1). In Africa, pigeonpea rust has been reported from Kenya, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, and Uganda. In South Africa, rust, described as Uromyces dolicholi Arthur (2), has only once been reported on pigeonpea. In the United States, U. dolicholi has also once been reported on pigeonpea (3). However, since U. dolicholi, unlike U. cajani, produces telia and occurs only on Rhyncosia spp. (4), these reports can be considered incorrect. This is therefore the first report of U. cajani on pigeonpea in South Africa. References: (1) K. H. Anahosur and J. M. Waller. 1978. No. 590: Descriptions of Plant Pathogenic Fungi and Bacteria. Commonw. Mycol. Inst., Kew, England. (2) E. M. Doidge. Bothalia 5:1-1094, 1950. (3) D. F. Farr et al. 1989. Fungi on Plants and Plant Products in the United States. American Phytopathological Society, St. Paul, MN, 1989. (4) A. Sivanesan. 1970. No. 269: Descriptions of Plant Pathogenic Fungi and Bacteria. Commonw. Mycol. Inst., Kew, England.
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- W J Swart
- Department of Plant Pathology, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa
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- Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Environment, Mpumalanga, South Africa
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Cultivation of English walnut (Juglans regia L.) has considerable economic potential in South Africa. In February 1999, die-back of walnut trees was observed on ≈30% of trees in an orchard in Gauteng Province, South Africa. Die-back was associated with characteristic cankers and discoloration of the cambial tissue of twigs and young branches. Fifty pieces of discolored tissue from the margins of cankers of five trees were transferred to potato dextrose agar (PDA) after surface-sterilization with 0.5% NaOCl. Fungal colonies emerged from all 50 pieces of diseased tissue. Fungi recovered included Fusarium solani (74.5%), Alternaria tenuissima (17.3%), and a Phoma sp. (6.2%). Small pieces of sterile cheesecloth (10 × 5 mm) were cultured on PDA with an isolate of F. solani from infected walnut trees. Colonized pieces of cheesecloth were applied to stems (≈5-mm diameter) of nine potted J. regia plants in a glasshouse. Each stem was wounded by lightly scraping off a length of bark (5 × 5 mm). Colonized cheesecloth was wrapped around the wound and covered with Parafilm to prevent desiccation of mycelia in the cheesecloth. Nine walnut stems were similarly treated with sterile cheesecloth pieces to serve as control treatments. After 4 weeks, die-back of foliage was observed in all plants artificially inoculated with F. solani. Cheesecloth pieces and surrounding bark were removed, and the length and width of each cambial lesion was measured. The mean area of cambial lesions (length by width) resulting from artificial inoculations was 27.3 × 8.5 mm. None of the control plants developed any symptoms. Koch's postulates were confirmed by consistently reisolating F. solani from inoculated plants. A similar disease of black walnut (J. nigra) was reported by Carlson et al. (1) from five central states in the United States. Our findings represent the first report of F. solani as a causal agent of stem canker of English walnut in South Africa. Reference: (1) J. C. Carlson et al. N. J. Appl. For. 10:1, 1993.
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- W Chen
- Department of Plant Pathology, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein 9300, South Africa
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- Department of Plant Pathology, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein 9300, South Africa
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Amaranthus hybridus has been identified as an important alternative vegetable crop with potential for increased commercial production in South Africa (1). In summer 1999, severe losses occurred in a large plot of 2-month-old A. hybridus plants on an experimental farm near Bloemfontein, South Africa. More than 90% of the plants were severely stunted, with chlorotic foliage that was wilted in most cases. Root rot was present in all symptomatic plants and was clearly visible as an amber to brown discoloration of tap and secondary roots; in severe cases, white mycelium was clearly visible on diseased root tissue. Isolations from symptomatic roots were made on potato dextrose agar (PDA) amended with streptomycin sulfate. Isolates (N = 121) were recovered from diseased roots (n = 89). The two most frequently isolated fungi were transferred to carnation leaf agar and identified as Fusarium oxysporum (n = 90, 74%) and F. sambucinum (n = 29, 24%). Pathogenicity tests with one isolate of each species were performed in the greenhouse on 1-month-old potted A. hybridus seedlings (10 plants per treatment). A single hyphal tip of each isolate was transferred to PDA and incubated at 25°C for 7 days in the dark. Five 4-mm-diameter mycelial plugs were taken and placed directly on the taproot of each plant, halfway along the length and ≈30 mm below the soil surface. Control plants were treated with uncolonized PDA plugs. Seedlings inoculated with either fungus exhibited wilting within 7 days; stunting, chlorosis (pale green to yellow), and root necrosis after 2 weeks; and mortality after 4 weeks. Inoculated plants were removed from pots after 3 weeks, roots were washed free of potting soil, and necrotic lesion length was measured. Necrosis and discoloration of root tissue were similar to those observed in field plants. The mean length of tissue necrosis induced by the fungi was 22.5 and 34.8 mm for F. oxysporum and F. sambucinum, respectively. F. sambucinum, thus, was more pathogenic than F. oxysporum despite being recovered significantly less often from field plants. Control plants inoculated with noninfested PDA plugs remained healthy. The presence of both pathogens was confirmed by reisolation from artificially inoculated taproots of all plants. No Fusarium spp. were recovered from the 10 control treatments. F. oxysporum has been reported on diseased red root pigweed (A. retroflexus) in the United States (2), but this is the first report of both F. oxysporum and F. sambucinum as causal agents of root rot in A. hybridus. These pathogens, therefore, must be considered a potential threat to commercial production of A. hybridus in South Africa and elsewhere. References: (1) W. J. Swart et al. S. Afr. J. Sci. 93:22, 1997. (2) R. M. Harveson and C. M. Rush. Plant Dis. 81:85, 1997.
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- W Chen
- Department of Plant Pathology, University of the Orange Free State, Bloemfontein, P.O. Box 339, South Africa 9300
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- Department of Plant Pathology, University of the Orange Free State, Bloemfontein, P.O. Box 339, South Africa 9300
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Amaranthus hybridus is an important alternative leafy-vegetable crop with the potential for increased commercial production in southern Africa and other semi-arid regions of the world (2). In May 1998, extensive leaf spotting was observed on A. hybridus at Potchefstroom, South Africa. Many of the leaves had symptoms and most were severe. Symptoms were dark brown to black, circular to oval, necrotic lesions with a diameter ranging from <1 mm up to 7 mm. Larger lesions had tan centers. Tissues adjacent to the leaf spots remained green. Alternaria tenuissima was isolated from 43% of 40 lesions sampled making up 89% of the isolates recovered. A. tenuissima was isolated from asymptomatic leaves of 5-month-old A. hybridus plants sampled from the same site in April 1997 (1). The foliar symptoms observed on A. hybridus in Potchefstroom were reproduced by inoculating wounded leaves of A. hybridus with single-spore A. tenuissima isolates obtained from asymptomatic leaves collected at Potchefstroom. Eight isolates were selected for pathogenicity tests conducted in a growth chamber. A. hybridus leaves grown from seed in a greenhouse were placed in moist chambers and wounded with a needle (0.5 mm) at leaf center; one 5-mm-diameter, colonized potato dextrose agar plug of each of the isolates was placed on the center of each leaf. A sterile plug was used as a control. Moist chambers were placed in a growth chamber set at 25°C day and 20°C night and provided artificial light for 16 h per day. In a greenhouse (average temperature 25°C day, 17°C night), a conidial suspension (105 conidia per ml of sterile, distilled water) was applied to an individual leaf of each of 14 plants with an atomizer. Sterile, distilled water was applied to control leaves. Leaves were then wounded with a needle (0.5 mm) at leaf center. Treatments were assigned randomly and the experiments were repeated. Symptoms were first observed at 14 and 18 days (growth chamber and greenhouse, respectively). Seven of the eight isolates caused necrotic lesions with an average diameter of 3 mm (both growth chamber and greenhouse). Symptoms were observed on an average of 56 and 82% of the inoculated leaves (growth chamber and greenhouse, respectively). The range of symptoms was the same as that observed in the field, but symptoms were only observed at the wounds. Controls remained green and showed no symptoms. A. tenuissima was recovered from necrotic lesions of surface-disinfested, inoculated leaves (average 93 and 68%; growth chamber and greenhouse, respectively), never recovered from growth chamber controls, and seldom recovered from greenhouse controls (5%). These results suggest that A. tenuissima is a leaf-spot pathogen of A. hybridus and wounding might trigger disease expression. A minimal amount of leaf spotting of this leafy-vegetable crop can cause total crop loss. References: (1) J. T. Blodgett et al. S. Afr. J. Sci. 94:xviii, 1998. (2) W. J. Swart et al. S. Afr. J. Sci. 93:xxii, 1997.
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- J T Blodgett
- Department of Plant Pathology, University of the Orange Free State, Bloemfontein 9300, South Africa
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- Department of Plant Pathology, University of the Orange Free State, Bloemfontein 9300, South Africa
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- Department of Plant Pathology, University of the Orange Free State, Bloemfontein 9300, South Africa
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Blodgett JT, Swart WJ, Louw SV. First Report of Fusarium sambucinum, F. oxysporum, and F. subglutinans Associated with Stem Decay of Amaranthus hybridus in South Africa. Plant Dis 1998; 82:1062. [PMID: 30856837 DOI: 10.1094/pdis.1998.82.9.1062b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Amaranthus hybridus (common name: amaranth) is a fast-growing crop with nutritious leaves and seeds that is cultivated in semi-arid regions throughout the world. In South Africa, cultivation of this crop as a leafy vegetable is increasing. In autumn 1997, extensive tissue discoloration and decay were observed in branches, stems, and root collars of mature A. hybridus in Bloemfontein, Free State Province. Symptoms included discolored phloem, xylem, and pith, black cankers, and weakened stems prone to wind breakage. Examination of these tissues revealed larval galleries of the pigweed weevil (Hypolixus haerens), the main insect pest of A. hybridus in South Africa (1). Six-month-old A. hybridus stems were split and small samples of discolored tissue adjacent to the larval galleries of each stem and the associated larvae were placed aseptically on corn-meal agar containing streptomycin and incubated for 4 to 7 days. The seven fungi most frequently isolated from discolored stem tissues (n = 166) were Fusarium subglutinans (46%), a Phomopsis sp. (11%), Alternaria alternata (10%), F. oxysporum (9%), F. solani (5%), a Phoma sp. (5%), and F. sambucinum (4%). The nine fungi most frequently isolated from larvae (n = 90) were F. subglutinans (46%), F. solani (8%), F. equiseti (8%), F. oxysporum (7%), A. alternata (6%), a Phomopsis sp. (4%), F. proliferatum (3%), F. sambucinum (2%), and a Phoma sp. (2%). Stems of greenhouse-grown A. hybridus were inoculated with the seven most common species isolated from the discolored stem tissues. One isolate of each species was used. Inoculations involved wounding stems by removing approximately 36 mm2 of the epidermis 5 cm above the soil, placing a colonized water agar plug on the wound, and wrapping Parafilm around the stems at the wound site. Wounded and nonwounded (untreated) controls were also included. A noncolonized water agar plug was applied to wounded controls but not to nonwounded controls. Ten plants per isolate and 10 wounded and nonwounded control plants were used in each of two separate trials (180 total plants). Treatments were assigned randomly. Four weeks after inoculation, canker lengths were measured and stem sections were surface disinfected and transferred to water agar plates. The presence of the fungi was confirmed after 20 days. Only F. sambucinum, F. oxysporum, and F. subglutinans caused cankers with frequencies of 100, 100, and 65% (n = 20), and mean lesion lengths of 30, 26, and 10 mm, respectively. Lesions were never observed on either of the controls. Discoloration and cankers were similar to that observed in the field. F. sambucinum, F. oxysporum, and F. subglutinans were recovered from 65, 50, and 60% of the tissues, respectively, and none of the Fusarium spp. were recovered from the control treatments (n = 20 for all). In artificial inoculations, these species can act as pathogens independent of the pigweed weevil and are likely the cause of the discoloration, decay, and cankers observed in branches, stems, and root collars of mature A. hybridus. However, there are no prior reports of a Fusarium sp. causing disease on A. hybridus, and H. haerens larvae were observed in all symptomatic stems in the field. Further studies are needed to determine the potential for significant disease loss associated with this insect-fungal association and the potential role of these fungi in further weakening Amaranthus stems that are colonized by H. haerens. Reference: (1) S. vdM. Louw et al. Afr. Crop Sci. J. 3:93, 1995.
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- J T Blodgett
- Department of Plant Pathology, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein 9300, South Africa
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- Department of Plant Pathology, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein 9300, South Africa
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- Department of Zoology and Entomology, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein 9300, South Africa
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Pistachio (Pistacia vera) cultivation is a relatively new industry in South Africa with tremendous economic potential. However, disease problems could develop in time. The pathogens of pistachio found in other parts of the world plausibly will spread to South Africa and new pathogens never recorded on this host may develop here. In the summer of 1998, 2-year-old rootstocks of P. atlantica and P. integerrima displaying basal cankers and discolored phloem and xylem were observed in the Prieska district of the Northern Cape province. The objective of this study was to identify the causal agent(s). Cankered stems were split and small samples of discolored wood were aseptically placed on corn-meal agar containing streptomycin and incubated for 5 days. Fungi that grew into the agar were transferred to 1.5% water agar dishes containing pine needles to aid sporulation. Species isolated from stems included Fusarium spp. (44%), Fusicoccum aesculi (anamorph of Botryosphaeria dothidea) (23%), a Cytospora sp. (19%), a Chaetomium sp. (3%), and several nonsporulating mycelial fungi (11%). Inoculum of suspected pathogens (F. aesculi, the Cytospora sp., and two Fusarium spp.) were prepared by culturing fungi in petri dishes on potato dextrose agar overlaid with sterile cheesecloth strips (approximately 15 × 25 mm) until the strips were completely colonized. Greenhouse inoculations involved wounding P. atlantica stems by removing the bark (approximately 3 × 6 mm) approximately 10 cm above the soil, and wrapping the colonized cheesecloth followed by Parafilm around the stems at the wound site. Eight plants per isolate and eight wounded and nonwounded (untreated) control plants were used. Noncolonized cheesecloth was applied to wounded controls but not to nonwounded controls. Treatments were assigned randomly. Eight weeks after inoculation, the surrounding bark was removed from all treated shoots and the cambium was examined for discoloration. The length of each cambial lesion was measured and stem sections were surface disinfested and transferred to 1.5% water agar dishes, and the presence of the inoculated fungi was confirmed. Only F. aesculi was pathogenic to P. atlantica and produced cankers on all stems. The fungus was recovered from all tissues sampled 3 cm beyond the wound sites, 88% of those sampled from the wound sites, and none of the control treatments. Discoloration of the phloem and xylem was similar to that observed in the field. The mean canker length was 41 mm on trees with a mean stem diameter of 7 mm. The appearance of B. dothidea, in addition to B. obtusa (1), on pistachio justifies the need for establishing a disease management program for pistachio in South Africa. Reference: (1) W. J. Swart and W.-M. Botes. Plant Dis. 79:1036, 1995.
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- Department of Plant Pathology, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein 9300, South Africa
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- Department of Plant Pathology, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein 9300, South Africa
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Swart WJ, Warner HR. Isolation and partial characterization of a bacteriophage T5 mutant unable to induce thymidylate synthetase and its use in studying the effect of uracil incorporation into DNA on early gene expression. J Virol 1985; 54:86-91. [PMID: 3973984 PMCID: PMC254764 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.54.1.86-91.1985] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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A mutant of phage T5 which is unable to induce thymidylate synthetase was isolated. T5 thy mutants synthesized less DNA than did wild-type T5, and the burst size of progeny phage was correspondingly reduced two- to threefold in thy+ Escherichia coli. No DNA or progeny phage were made in E. coli thy hosts grown in the absence of exogenous thymine. When the T5 thy mutation was recombined with a T5 dut mutation (unable to induce dUTPase), replication resulted in progeny which contained significant amounts of uracil in their DNA, and these phage failed to produce plaques unless the plating host was deficient in uracil-DNA glycosylase. T5 phage containing various amounts of uracil in their DNA were prepared and used to determine the effect of uracil on the induction of the early enzyme dTMP kinase. The presence of uracil in the parental DNA increased the rate of induction of this enzyme by about 2.5-fold. The T5 thy gene was mapped and is located near the T5 frd gene on the B region of the T5 genome.
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Stueckemann JA, Holth M, Swart WJ, Kowalchyk K, Smith MS, Wolstenholme AJ, Cafruny WA, Plagemann PG. Replication of lactate dehydrogenase-elevating virus in macrophages. 2. Mechanism of persistent infection in mice and cell culture. J Gen Virol 1982; 59:263-72. [PMID: 6176676 DOI: 10.1099/0022-1317-59-2-263] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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Ritzi DM, Holth M, Smith MS, Swart WJ, Cafruny WA, Plagemann GW, Stueckemann JA. Replication of lactate dehydrogenase-elevating virus in macrophages. 1. Evidence for cytocidal replication. J Gen Virol 1982; 59:245-62. [PMID: 7077301 DOI: 10.1099/0022-1317-59-2-245] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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Cultures of starch-elicited peritoneal mouse macrophages in medium containing macrophage growth factor (MGF) were infected with lactate dehydrogenase-elevating virus (LDV) and, after various times in culture, LDV production was monitored as a function of time by infectivity titrations in mice, by measuring [3H]uridine incorporation into LDV RNA and extracellular LDV, by autoradiographic analysis of the proportion of productively infected cells and by electron microscopy. Regardless of the age of the cultures when infected with LDV, only a small proportion of the macrophages (generally between 3 and 20% of the total) became productively infected after a primary infection; maximum virus RNA synthesis and virus production occurred during the first 24 h after infection and then decreased precipitously. Productively infected macrophages could be readily recognized in electron micrographs of 24-h infected macrophage cultures and in sections of spleens from 24-h infected mice by characteristic morphological alterations. These consisted of formation of clusters of double-membrane vesicles with a diameter of 100 to 300 mumol, budding of nucleocapsids into vesicles with single membranes and accumulation of mature virions in these vesicles. One to 4 days later, however, such cells were no longer found in infected cultures or spleens of infected mice and superinfection did not restimulate LDV replication. Cultures established with macrophages from 1-day LDV-infected mice also did not support LDV replication. We conclude that LDV replication in cultures or mice is limited to a single cycle in a subpopulation of macrophages and that infection leads to cell death and rapid phagocytosis of the dead cells by the resistant, uninfected macrophages.
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