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M. Evoli

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Diversity and distribution of Phytophthora species in protected natural areas in Sicily

2019

: The aim of this study was to investigate the occurrence, diversity, and distribution of Phytophthora species in Protected Natural Areas (PNAs), including forest stands, rivers, and riparian ecosystems, in Sicily (Italy), and assessing correlations with natural vegetation and host plants. Fifteen forest stands and 14 rivers in 10 Sicilian PNAs were studied. Phytophthora isolations from soil and stream water were performed using leaf baitings. Isolates were identified using both morphological characters and sequence analysis of the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region. A rich community of 20 Phytophthora species from eight phylogenetic clades, including three new Phytophthora taxa, was …

0106 biological sciencesVegetation type01 natural sciencesInvasive species030308 mycology & parasitology03 medical and health sciencesNatural ecosystemsNatural ecosystemVegetation typeEcosystemInternal transcribed spacerBaitingRiparian zone0303 health sciencesgeographygeography.geographical_feature_categorybiologyInvasive speciesSoilborne pathogenEcologyfungiInvasive specieITS regionfood and beveragesForestrylcsh:QK900-989Vegetationbiology.organism_classificationBaiting; Invasive species; ITS region; Natural ecosystems; Soilborne pathogens; Streams; Vegetation type; ForestrySoilborne pathogensTaxonStreamslcsh:Plant ecologyStreamPhytophthora010606 plant biology & botany
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First report of neofusicoccum batangarum as causal agent of scabby cankers of cactus pear (Opuntia ficus-indica) in minor islands of sicily

2018

Cactus pear (Opuntia ficus-indica, Cactaceae), native to Mexico, is a multipurpose crop. About 90% of Italian production of cactus pear fruit is from Sicily. In 2013, a disease of cactus pear was noticed in minor islands of Sicily, Lampedusa and Linosa (Pelagie archipelago), Favignana (Aegadian archipelago), and Ustica, where cactus pear is grown as living fences. Symptoms were on flattened stems functioning as leaves (cladodes) and included radially expanding cankers, up to 20 cm in diameter, concentric, crusty, silvery areas, with minute, black dots (pycnidia erumpent from epidermis) and a leathery, brown halo. A milky to buff colored exudate, caking on contact with air, oozed from active…

0106 biological sciences0301 basic medicineExudatePEARgeographygeography.geographical_feature_categorybiologySettore AGR/12 - Patologia VegetalePlant ScienceBotryosphaeriaceaebiology.organism_classification01 natural sciencesCrop03 medical and health sciences030104 developmental biologyCactusBotanyArchipelagoCladodesmedicinemedicine.symptomPycnidiumAgronomy and Crop Science010606 plant biology & botany
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