Biology:Pseudofusicoccum ardesiacum

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Short description: Species of fungus


Pseudofusicoccum ardesiacum
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Pseudofusicoccum
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P. ardesiacum
Binomial name
Pseudofusicoccum ardesiacum
Pavlic et al., 2008

Pseudofusicoccum ardesiacum is an endophytic fungus that might be a canker pathogen, specifically for Adansonia gibbosa (baobab). It was isolated from said trees, as well as surrounding ones, in the Kimberley (Western Australia).[1]

References

  1. Pavlic, D.; Wingfield, M. J.; Barber, P.; Slippers, B.; Hardy, G. E. St. J.; Burgess, T. I. (2008). "Seven new species of the Botryosphaeriaceae from baobab and other native trees in Western Australia". Mycologia 100 (6): 851–866. doi:10.3852/08-020. ISSN 0027-5514. http://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/id/eprint/1562/1/seven_new_species.pdf. 

Further reading

  • Sakalidis, Monique L., Giles E. StJ Hardy, and Treena I. Burgess. "Endophytes as potential pathogens of the baobab species Adansonia gregorii: a focus on the Botryosphaeriaceae." Fungal Ecology 4.1 (2011): 1–14.
  • Sakalidis, Monique L., et al. "Pathogenic Botryosphaeriaceae associated with Mangifera indica in the Kimberley region of Western Australia." European journal of plant pathology 130.3 (2011): 379–391.
  • Burgess, T. I., et al. "Movement of pathogens between horticultural crops and endemic trees in the Kimberleys." (2009): 36.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q10643100 entry