Two new pestalotioid fungi from tropical fruits in Iran
MycoKeys,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
115, P. 221 - 240
Published: March 20, 2025
In
a
survey
of
tropical
plant
diseases
in
southern
and
southeastern
Iran,
samples
diseased
Mangifera
indica
Psidium
guava
leaves
with
necrotic
symptoms
were
collected
between
2021
2022.
Six
representative
isolates
Neopestalotiopsis
Robillarda
(three
for
each)
studied
using
morphological
characteristics
as
well
multi-locus
phylogenetic
analysis
based
on
(i)
the
internal
transcribed
spacer
(ITS)
region
nuclear
rDNA,
(ii)
part
translation
elongation
factor
1-alpha
(
tef1
),
(iii)
β-tubulin
tub2
).
After
investigation,
our
revealed
that
under
study
differed
from
all
previously
described
species
within
these
genera.
Based
polyphasic
approach,
two
new
species,
including
sp.
nov.
khodaparastii
are
illustrated
Iran.
Language: Английский
Diversity and pathogenicity of pestalotioid fungi infecting Camellia oleifera in China
Yu Yan,
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Chunlin Yang,
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Qian Zeng
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et al.
Scientific Reports,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
15(1)
Published: April 20, 2025
Language: Английский
Novel endophytic pestalotioid species associated with Itea in Thailand
Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
15
Published: April 3, 2025
Endophytic
fungi
are
a
well-known
fascinating
host-associated
fungal
group
that
can
enhance
plant
growth
and
fitness
by
producing
various
bioactive
secondary
metabolites.
They
an
excellent
source
of
industrial
enzymes
for
potential
metabolite
synthesis,
which
is
useful
in
green
agriculture,
biotechnology,
pharmaceuticals.
Itea
valuable
genus
since
it
naturally
contains
rare
sugar;
however,
endophytic
associated
this
host
have
not
yet
been
documented.
In
the
present
study,
11
strains
were
isolated
primarily
identified
as
pestalotioid
taxa
based
on
morphological
characteristics
exhibited
vitro.
Eleven
Pestalotiopsis-like
from
healthy
leaves,
stems,
roots
japonica
I.
riparia
Chiang
Mai
Province,
Thailand.
Species
delimitation
was
morphology,
multiloci
phylogeny
concatenated
ITS,
tub2,
tef1-α
sequence
data,
nucleotide
polymorphism
analyses.
Neopestalotiopsis
iteae
Pseudopestalotiopsis
proposed
new
species
riparia,
respectively.
chrysea,
N.
haikouensis,
Pestalotiopsis
jinchanghensis
described
records
riparia.
Owing
to
conspecific
relationship
identically
pairwise
comparison
sufficient
gene
regions,
several
synonymized
including
cercidicola
terricola
umbrinospora
zhaoqingensis
P.
jinchanghensis.
The
updated
phylogenetic
trees,
comparisons,
descriptions
herein
provided
discussed
taxonomic
placements
these
records.
This
study
first
investigate
endophytes
Thailand,
reveals
intra-
interspecific
relationships
species,
need
be
further
reevaluated
because
ambiguous
taxa.
Language: Английский
Three new species of Pestalotiopsis (Amphisphaeriales, Sporocadaceae) were identified by morphology and multigene phylogeny from Hainan and Yunnan, China
MycoKeys,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
107, P. 51 - 74
Published: July 11, 2024
Pestalotiopsis
fungi
are
widely
distributed
all
over
the
world,
mainly
as
plant
pathogens,
endophytes
or
saprobes
from
multiple
hosts.
In
this
study,
sequence
data
analysis
based
on
internal
transcribed
spacer
(ITS),
partial
beta-tubulin
(
tub2
)
and
regions
of
translation
elongation
factor
1
alpha
tef1α
combined
with
morphological
characteristics
was
used
to
identify
strains
isolated
diseased
leaves
Aporosa
dioica
Rhaphiolepis
indica
,
well
some
rotted
Yunnan
Hainan
Provinces
in
China
three
new
species,
viz.,
aporosae-dioicae
sp.
nov.
P.
nannuoensis
rhaphiolepidis
Language: Английский
Morphological and phylogenetic analyses reveal eight novel species of Pestalotiopsis (Sporocadaceae, Amphisphaeriales) from southern China
Xingxing Luo,
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Ming-Gen Liao,
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Kai Zhang
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et al.
MycoKeys,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
109, P. 207 - 238
Published: Oct. 9, 2024
Plants
play
an
important
role
in
maintaining
the
ecological
balance
of
biosphere,
but
often
suffer
from
pathogenic
fungi
during
growth.
During
our
continuing
mycological
surveys
plant
pathogens
terrestrial
plants
Jiangxi
and
Yunnan
provinces,
China,
24
strains
Language: Английский