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Botryosphaeriaceae species associated with diseased loquat trees in Italy and description of Diplodia rosacearum sp. nov

Artur AlvesMónica BerbegalVincenzo MondelloJosep ArmengolSanta BurruanoSelene GiambraG. Piazza

subject

0106 biological sciences0301 basic medicinebiologyDiplodiaEcologyBOTANICASettore AGR/12 - Patologia VegetalePlant Science030108 mycology & parasitologyBotryosphaeriaceaebiology.organism_classificationDiplodia01 natural sciences03 medical and health sciencesDiplodia – Neofusicoccum – phylogeny – pathogenicityPRODUCCION VEGETALPathogenicityNeofusicoccumHumanitiesEcology Evolution Behavior and SystematicsPhylogeny010606 plant biology & botany

description

[EN] Loquat (Eriobotrya japonica) is a fruit tree cultivated in several countries in the Mediterranean region. A survey of a loquat orchard in Sicily ( Italy) revealed the presence of plants showing dieback symptoms and cankers with wedge-shaped necrotic sectors. Fungi from the genera Diplodia and Neofusicoccum were isolated from symptomatic plants. On the basis of morphological characters and DNA sequence data four species were identified, Neofusicoccum parvum, N. vitifusiforme, Diplodia seriata and a novel Diplodia species, which is here described as D. rosacearum sp. nov. Inoculation trials of loquat plants cv Sanfilipparo showed that N. parvum, D. seriata and D. rosacearum were pathogenic to this host. Although variability was observed between isolates, N. parvum and D. rosacearum were the most aggressive species.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2016-11-01
10.5943/mycosphere/si/1b/9http://hdl.handle.net/10251/150040