Three new Lasiodiplodia spp. from the tropics, recognized based on DNA sequence comparisons and morphology

T I Burgess; P A Barber; S Mohali; Geoff S Pegg; W De Beer; M J Wingfield

doi:10.1080/15572536.2006.11832677

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Three new Lasiodiplodia spp. from the tropics, recognized based on DNA sequence comparisons and morphology

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Three new Lasiodiplodia spp. from the tropics, recognized based on DNA sequence comparisons and morphology

T I Burgess, P A Barber, S Mohali, Geoff S Pegg, W De Beer and M J Wingfield

Mycologia, Vol.98(3), pp.423-435

2006

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/15572536.2006.11832677

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Abstract

botryosphaeria

diplodia

dothiorella

fusicoccum

ITS

molecular phylogenetics

translation elongation factor EF1-a

Botryosphaeria rhodina (anamorph Lasiodiplodia theobromae) is a common endophyte and opportunistic pathogen on more than 500 tree species in the tropics and subtropics. During routine disease surveys of plantations in Australia and Venezuela several isolates differing from L. theobromae were identified and subsequently characterized based upon morphology and ITS and EF1-α nucleotide sequences. These isolates grouped into three strongly supported clades related to but different from the known taxa, B. rhodina and L. gonubiensis, These have been described here as three new species L. venezuelensis sp. nov., L. crassispora sp. nov. and L. rubropurpurea sp. nov. The three could be distinguished easily from each other and the two described species of Lasiodiplodia, thus confirming phylogenetic separations. Furthermore all five Lasiodiplodia spp. now recognized separated from Diplodia spp. and Dothiorella spp. with 100% bootstrap support. © 2006 by The Mycological Society of America.

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Title: Three new Lasiodiplodia spp. from the tropics, recognized based on DNA sequence comparisons and morphology
Authors: T I Burgess (Author) - Murdoch University
P A Barber (Author) - Murdoch University
S Mohali (Author) - Universidad de Los Andes, Venezuela
Geoff S Pegg (Author) - Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries
W De Beer (Author) - University of Pretoria, South Africa
M J Wingfield (Author) - University of Pretoria, South Africa
Publication details: Mycologia, Vol.98(3), pp.423-435
Publisher: Mycological Society of America
Date published: 2006
DOI: 10.1080/15572536.2006.11832677
ISSN: 0027-5514
Organisation Unit: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99450100902621
Output Type: Journal article

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