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Citation for Study 1595

About Citation title: "Multiple gene genealogies and morphological data support Diplodia cupressi sp. nov., previously recognized as D. pinea f. sp. cupressi, as a distinct species.".
About This study was previously identified under the legacy study ID S1542 (Status: Published).

Citation

Alves A., Correia A., & Phillips A. 2006. Multiple gene genealogies and morphological data support Diplodia cupressi sp. nov., previously recognized as D. pinea f. sp. cupressi, as a distinct species. Fungal Diversity, 23: 1-15.

Authors

  • Alves A.
  • Correia A.
  • Phillips A.

Abstract

The causal agent of Diplodia canker of cypress (Cupressus spp.) in the Mediterranean region was originally though to represent a sub-population of the pine pathogen Diplodia pinea and was referred to as D. pinea f. sp. cupressi. In the USA a similar fungus causing canker and dieback of Juniperus spp. was referred to as Diplodia mutila (teleomorph: Botryosphaeria stevensii). The aim of this study was to characterise the cypress pathogen in terms of morphology and sequences of the ITS1/ITS2 operon, the beta-tubulin and translation elongation factor 1-alpha genes. Phylogenetic analyses showed that the cypress canker pathogen resides in a clade together with other Diplodia species. It is, however, distinct from from both D. pinea and D. multila and more closely related to Botryosphaeria tsugae. The distinct phylogenetic position is supported by small differences in conidial morphology and it is, therefore, described as Diplodia cupressi sp. nov.

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  • Canonical resource URI: http://purl.org/phylo/treebase/phylows/study/TB2:S1595
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