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Citation for Study 12495

About Citation title: "Dissoconiaceae associated with sooty blotch and flyspeck on fruits in China and the United States".
About Study name: "Dissoconiaceae associated with sooty blotch and flyspeck on fruits in China and the United States".
About This study is part of submission 12495 (Status: Published).

Citation

Li H., Sun G., Zhai X., Batzer J., Mayfield D.A., Crous P.W., Groenewald J.Z., & Gleason M. 2012. Dissoconiaceae associated with sooty blotch and flyspeck on fruits in China and the United States. Persoonia, 28: 113-125.

Authors

  • Li H. (submitter)
  • Sun G.
  • Zhai X.
  • Batzer J.
  • Mayfield D.A.
  • Crous P.W.
  • Groenewald J.Z. Phone +31302122600
  • Gleason M.

Abstract

Zasmidium mali, a novel species of Mycosphaerellaceae, and several novel taxa that reside in Dissoconiaceae, were identified from a collection of apples and Cucurbita maxima (cv. Blue Hubbard) from China and the USA that exhibited sooty blotch and flyspeck (SBFS) signs. Morphology on fruit surfaces and in culture, and phylogenetic analyses of the nuclear ribosomal DNA?s LSU and ITS regions, as well as partial translation elongation factor 1-alpha gene sequences in some cases, were used to delineate six previously unidentified species and four known species. Pseudoveronaea was established as a new genus of Dissoconiaceae, represented by two species, P. ellipsoidea and P. obclavata. Although Pseudoveronaea was morphologically similar to Veronaea, these fungi clustered with Dissoconiaceae (Capnodiales) rather than Chaetothyriales (Herpotrichiellaceae). Three novel species of Ramichloridium, R. cucurbitae, R. luteum and R. punctatum, and R. mali comb. nov., were closely related with R. apiculatum, which together formed a distinct subclade in Dissoconiaceae. Species of Dissoconium s. lat. clustered in two well-supported clades, supported by distinct morphological and cultural features. Subsequently Uwebraunia, a former synonym of Dissoconium, was resurrected for the one clade, with new combinations proposed for U. australiensis, U. commune, U. dekkeri, and U. musae. Furthermore, we also report that D. aciculare, D. eucalypti, U. commune and U. dekkeri were associated with SBFS on apples.

Keywords

hyphomycetes, Malus, microfungi, SBFS, taxonomy.

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