scholarly journals Identification and Characterization of Botrytis Blossom Blight of Japanese Plums Caused by Botrytis cinerea and B. prunorum sp. nov. in Chile

2016 ◽  
Vol 106 (2) ◽  
pp. 155-165 ◽  
Author(s):  
Enrique E. Ferrada ◽  
Bernardo A. Latorre ◽  
Juan P. Zoffoli ◽  
Antonio Castillo
Keyword(s):  
Phylogenetic Analysis ◽  
Disease Incidence ◽  
Large Subunit ◽  
Weather Conditions ◽  
Fruit Trees ◽  
Heat Shock Protein 60 ◽  
Internal Transcribed Spacer Region ◽  
Prunus Salicina ◽  
Molecular Phylogenetic

Blossom blight is a destructive disease of plums (Prunus salicina) when humid and temperate weather conditions occur in Chile. Disease incidence ranging from 4 to 53% has been observed. Symptoms include light brown petal necrosis, starting as light brown mottles or V-shaped necrosis at the margins of the petals, progressing to the stamen and pistils. In this study, the etiology of blossom blight of plums was determined. High- and low-sporulating isolates of Botrytis were obtained consistently from blighted blossoms and apparently healthy flowers of plums. Based on colony morphology, conidial production and molecular phylogenetic analysis, these high- and low-sporulating isolates were identified as B. cinerea and B. prunorum sp. nov., respectively. Phylogenetic analysis of the genes glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase (G3PDH), heat-shock protein 60 (HSP60), and DNA-dependent RNA polymerase subunit II (RPB2) grouped B. prunorum isolates in a single cluster, distantly from B. cinerea and other Botrytis species. The phylogenetic analysis of necrosis and ethylene-inducing protein (NEP1 and NEP2) genes corroborated these results. Analysis of the internal transcribed spacer region and large-subunit (26S) ribosomal DNA and detection of Boty and Flipper transposable elements, were not useful to differentiate between these Botrytis species. Both species were pathogenic on plum flowers and the fruit of plums, apples, and kiwifruits. However, B. prunorum was less virulent than B. cinerea. These pathogens were re-isolated from inoculated and diseased tissues; thus, Koch’s postulates were fulfilled, confirming its role in blossom blight of plums. B. cinerea was predominant, suggesting that B. prunorum may play a secondary role in the epidemiology of blossom blight in plums in Chile. This study clearly demonstrated that the etiology of blossom blight of plums is caused by B. cinerea and B. prunorum, which constitute a species complex living in sympatry on plums and possibly on other stone fruit trees.

Description of two new species of the genus Thaparocleidus Jain, 1952 (Monogenea, Dactylogyridae) from freshwater fish in India: morphological and molecular phylogenetic evidence

2012 ◽  
Vol 87 (2) ◽  
pp. 160-173 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Chaudhary ◽  
H.S. Singh
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Large Subunit ◽  
Closely Related Species ◽  
Molecular Biological Analysis ◽  
Wallago Attu ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Molecular Phylogenetic ◽  
Secondary Structure Models ◽  
Large Subunit Rdna

AbstractThe present paper describes the taxonomy of two new monogeneans, namely, Thaparocleidus longiphallus sp. n. and T. siloniansis sp. n., based on morphological, morphometric and molecular biological analysis, collected from the fish Wallago attu (Bloch & Schn.) and Silonia silondia (Ham.), respectively, at Meerut, UP, India. Genetic characterization of the two new species is based on sequence analyses of the rDNA 28S gene using neighbour-joining and maximum-parsimony techniques. These methods are congruent in depicting T. longiphallus sp. n. and T. siloniansis sp. n. as closely related species, but distinct from each other and forming a subclade with other species of the genus Thaparocleidus Jain, 1952. Secondary-structure models of the large subunit rDNA of the two species were also predicted using a combined comparative and thermodynamic approach. Molecular morphometric and phylogenetic relationships of the isolates of the Thaparocleidus species are discussed in detail.

First report of Limacella from Bangladesh, with a new species description

Phytotaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 332 (3) ◽  
pp. 280 ◽  
Author(s):  
MD. IQBAL HOSEN ◽  
TAI-HUI LI
Keyword(s):  
Phylogenetic Analysis ◽  
New Species ◽  
Large Subunit ◽  
Species Description ◽  
Molecular Evidence ◽  
Molecular Phylogenetic ◽  
The Common ◽  
New Species Description ◽  
Generic Record ◽  
A New Species

Limacella bangladeshana, a new species of well-known fungal family Amanitaceae from Bangladesh is described and illustrated based on morphology and molecular evidence. The species is mainly recognized by its medium-sized basidiomata, cream-white to off-white or buff-white pileus, the slightly uplifted pileal margin, globose basidiospores measuring 3.5–4 × 3.5–4 µm, an ixo-trichodermal pileipellis, and the common presence of clamp connections. Molecular phylogenetic analysis using sequence of the nuclear ribosomal large subunit (nrLSU) also supports the recognition of the new species in Limacella. This species represents the first generic record of Limacella for Bangladesh. Detailed description, color photos and illustration, and comparison with allied taxa are presented. 

Amanita glarea, a new species in section Vaginatae from Pakistan

Phytotaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 306 (2) ◽  
pp. 135 ◽  
Author(s):  
SANA JABEEN ◽  
MUNAZZA KIRAN ◽  
SADIQ ULLAH ◽  
ANDREW W. WILSON ◽  
GREGORY M. MUELLER ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Phylogenetic Analysis ◽  
New Species ◽  
Internal Transcribed Spacer ◽  
Large Subunit ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Nucleotide Sequences ◽  
Phylogenetic Data ◽  
Molecular Phylogenetic ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Molecular Phylogenetic Data

A new species, Amanita glarea, is described and illustrated from Pakistan. Molecular phylogenetic data derived from internal transcribed spacer (ITS) and nuclear ribosomal large subunit (LSU) regions along with morphological characters make it distinct from other currently known Amanita species. Amanita glarea is characterized by a grayish brown, slightly umbonate, pileus having universal veil remnants and striate margins, a long ringless stipe with a saccate volva bearing yellowish brown patches on the verrucose surface, inamyloid globose to subglobose basidiospores, and a filamentous pileipellis with some inflated round to elongated cells. Phylogenetic analysis of nuclear ribosomal ITS and LSU nucleotide sequences resolve A. glarea with other taxa in Amanita section Vaginatae.

scholarly journals Cibaomyces, a new genus of Physalacriaceae from East Asia

Phytotaxa ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 162 (4) ◽  
pp. 198 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hao Yan-Jia ◽  
Qin Jiao ◽  
Yang Zhu-Liang
Keyword(s):  
Ribosomal Rna ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Phylogenetic Analyses ◽  
Large Subunit ◽  
Molecular Evidence ◽  
Internal Transcribed Spacer Region ◽  
Line Drawings ◽  
Phylogenetic Placement ◽  
Molecular Phylogenetic ◽  
Thin Walled

A new genus in Physalacriaceae, Cibaomyces, typified by C. glutinis, is described using morphological and molecular evidence. Cibaomyces is morphologically characterized by the combination of the following characters: basidioma small to medium-sized, collybioid to tricholomatoid; pileus viscid; hymenophore sinuate to subdecurrent, relatively distant, with brown lamellar edge; stipe sticky and densely covered with felted squamules; basidiospores thin-walled, ornamented with finger-like projections; cystidia nearly cylindrical, thin-walled, often heavily incrusted. Molecular phylogenetic analyses using DNA nucleotide sequences of the internal transcribed spacer region and the large subunit nuclear ribosomal RNA loci indicated that Cibaomyces was related to Gloiocephala, Laccariopsis and Rhizomarasmius. A description, line drawings, phylogenetic placement and comparison with allied taxa are presented. 

Inocybe griseorubida, a new species of Pseudosperma clade from tropical India

Phytotaxa ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 221 (2) ◽  
pp. 166 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. P. Deepna Latha ◽  
Patinjareveettil Manimohan
Keyword(s):  
Phylogenetic Analysis ◽  
New Species ◽  
Rna Polymerase Ii ◽  
Internal Transcribed Spacer ◽  
Large Subunit ◽  
Similar Species ◽  
Internal Transcribed Spacer Region ◽  
Comprehensive Description ◽  
Kerala State ◽  
A New Species

Inocybe griseorubida sp. nov. is described from Kerala State, India. A comprehensive description, photographs, and comparisons with phenetically similar species are provided. The nuclear ribosomal internal transcribed spacer region (ITS), a portion of the nuclear ribosomal large subunit (nLSU) and a portion of the nuclear second-largest subunit of RNA polymerase II (rpb2) gene of this species were sequenced and analyzed. Phylogenetic analysis of rpb2 sequences confirmed both the novelty of the species and its placement within the Pseudosperma clade.

scholarly journals Phylogeny and taxonomic revision of Kernia and Acaulium

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lei Su ◽  
Hua Zhu ◽  
Yongchun Niu ◽  
Yaxi Guo ◽  
Xiaopeng Du ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Phylogenetic Analysis ◽  
Phylogenetic Analyses ◽  
Elongation Factor ◽  
Taxonomic Revision ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Large Set ◽  
Internal Transcribed Spacer Region ◽  
Tubulin Genes ◽  
Morphological Criteria ◽  
Molecular Phylogenetic

Abstract The genera Kernia and Acaulium comprise species commonly isolated from dung, soil, decaying meat and skin of animal. The taxonomy of these fungi has been controversial and relies mainly on morphological criteria. With the aim to clarify the taxonomy and phylogeny of these fungi, we studied all the available ex-type strains of a large set of species by means of morphological and molecular phylogenetic analyses. Phylogenetic analysis of the partial internal transcribed spacer region (ITS) and the partial 28S rDNA (LSU) showed that the genera Kernia and Acaulium were found to be separated in two distinct lineages in Microascaceae. Based on morphological characters and multilocus phylogenetic analysis of the ITS, LSU, translation elongation factor 1α and β-tubulin genes, the species in Kernia and Acaulium were well separated and two new combinations are introduced, i.e. Acaulium peruvianum and Acaulium retardatum, a new species of Kernia is described, namely Kernia anthracina. Descriptions of the phenotypic features and molecular phylogeny for identification are discussed for accepted species in two genera in this study.

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