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Citation for Study 1384

About Citation title: "Characterisation and epitypification of Pseudocercospora cladosporioides, the causal organism of Cercospora leaf spot of olives.".
About This study was previously identified under the legacy study ID S1314 (Status: Published).

Citation

Avila A., Groenewald J.Z., Trapero A., & Crous P.W. 2005. Characterisation and epitypification of Pseudocercospora cladosporioides, the causal organism of Cercospora leaf spot of olives. Mycological Research, 109(8): 881-888.

Authors

  • Avila A.
  • Groenewald J.Z. Phone +31302122600
  • Trapero A.
  • Crous P.W.

Abstract

Cercospora leaf spot of olives is a serious defoliating disease attributed to Pseudocercospora cladosporioides. Although the disease is well distributed throughout olive growing regions of the world, its epidemiology and population structure remains unknown. The aim of this study was thus to establish the genetic variability of Spanish isolates of P. cladosporioides using DNA sequence data from the ITS region, as well as two protein-coding genes, actin and calmodulin. Phylogenetic data obtained here support P. cladosporioides to be closely related to other species of Pseudocercospora that reside in Mycosphaerella. Spanish isolates clustered in two clades, indicating that isolates from Catalonia were somewhat different from those collected in Andalucia. However, isolates appeared to be genetically relatively uniform, suggesting that chemical control of this disease via a managed spraying programme may prove a viable option for controlling the disease in Spain.

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  • Canonical resource URI: http://purl.org/phylo/treebase/phylows/study/TB2:S1384
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