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Citation for Study 15908

About Citation title: "Phylogeny of ambrosia beetle symbionts in the genus Raffaelea".
About Study name: "Phylogeny of ambrosia beetle symbionts in the genus Raffaelea".
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Citation

Dreaden T.J., Davis J.M., De beer Z.W., Ploetz R.C., Soltis P., Wingfield M.J., & Smith J.A. 2014. Phylogeny of ambrosia beetle symbionts in the genus Raffaelea. Fungal Biology, 118(12): 970-978.

Authors

  • Dreaden T.J. (submitter)
  • Davis J.M.
  • De beer Z.W.
  • Ploetz R.C.
  • Soltis P.
  • Wingfield M.J.
  • Smith J.A.

Abstract

The genus Raffaelea was established in 1965 when the type species, R. ambrosia, a symbiont of Platypus ambrosia beetles was described. Since then, many additional ambrosia beetle symbionts have been added to the genus, including the important tree pathogens R. quercivora, R. quercus-mongolicae, and R. lauricola, causal agents of Japanese and Korean oak wilt and laurel wilt, respectively. The discovery of new and the dispersal of described species of Raffaelea to new areas, where they can become invasive, presents challenges for diagnosticians as well as plant protection and quarantine efforts. In this paper, we present the first comprehensive multigene phylogenetic analysis of Raffaelea. As it is currently defined, the genus was found to not be monophyletic. On the basis of this work, Raffaelea sensu stricto is defined and the affinities of undescribed isolates are considered.

Keywords

Raffaelea sensu stricto; Ophiostomatales; internal transcribed spacer region; ITS; ambrosia fungi; wilt pathogens

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