DNA-based identification of Quambalaria pitereka causing severe leaf blight of Corymbia citriodora in China

X Zhou; Z W De Beer; Y Xie; Geoff S Pegg; M J Wingfield

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DNA-based identification of Quambalaria pitereka causing severe leaf blight of Corymbia citriodora in China

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DNA-based identification of Quambalaria pitereka causing severe leaf blight of Corymbia citriodora in China

X Zhou, Z W De Beer, Y Xie, Geoff S Pegg and M J Wingfield

Fungal Diversity, Vol.25, pp.245-254

2007

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Abstract

disease spread

plantation

sustainability

corymbia citriodora

eucalyptus

Quambalaria spp. include serious plant pathogens, causing leaf and shoot blight of Corymbia and Eucalyptus spp. In this study, a disease resembling Quambalaria leaf blight was observed on young Corymbia citriodora trees in a plantation in the Guangdong Province of China. Comparisons of rDNA sequence data showed that the causal agent of the disease is Q. pitereka. This study provides the first report of Quambalaria leaf blight from China, and it is also the first time that this pathogen has been found on trees outside the native range of Eucalypts.

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Title: DNA-based identification of Quambalaria pitereka causing severe leaf blight of Corymbia citriodora in China
Authors: X Zhou (Author) - Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Z W De Beer (Author) - University of Pretoria, South Africa
Y Xie (Author) - Chinese Eucalypt Research Centre, China
Geoff S Pegg (Author) - Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries
M J Wingfield (Author) - Tree Protection Co-operative Programme
Publication details: Fungal Diversity, Vol.25, pp.245-254
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Date published: 2007
ISSN: 1560-2745
Organisation Unit: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99450189802621
Output Type: Journal article

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