First report on the association of Pestalotiopsis mangiferae with leaf blight disease of Canthium dicoccum in India

The multi‐use tree Canthium dicoccum (Rubiaceae) growing in shrub forests of Mysore, Mandya and Chamarajanagar (India) was severely affected by a leaf blight disease. The ascomycete Pestalotiopsis mangiferae was consistently isolated from symptomatic leaves and identified by micromorphology and ITS...

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Published in:Forest pathology = Journal de pathologie forestière = Zeitschrift für Forstpathologie 2014-10, Vol.44 (5), p.424-426
Main Authors: Mahadevakumar, S, Janardhana, G. R, Holdenrieder, O
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Ascomycetes
Canthium
forests
internal transcribed spacers
leaf blight
leaves
microstructure
pathogenicity
Pestalotiopsis
ribosomal DNA
Rubiaceae
sequence analysis
shrubs
trees
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Summary:The multi‐use tree Canthium dicoccum (Rubiaceae) growing in shrub forests of Mysore, Mandya and Chamarajanagar (India) was severely affected by a leaf blight disease. The ascomycete Pestalotiopsis mangiferae was consistently isolated from symptomatic leaves and identified by micromorphology and ITS rDNA sequencing analysis. Pathogenicity test was performed and Koch's postulates were fulfilled. This is the first report of P. mangiferae causing leaf blight of C. dicoccum in India.
ISSN:1437-4781
1439-0329
DOI:10.1111/efp.12137