Fusarium diversity associated with diseased cereals in China, with an updated phylogenomic assessment of the genus.

ABSTRACT: Fusarium species are important cereal pathogens that cause severe production losses to major cereal crops such as maize, rice, and wheat. However, the causal agents of Fusarium diseases on cereals have not been well documented because of the difficulty in species identification and the debates surrounding generic and species concepts. In this study, we used a citizen science initiative to investigate diseased cereal crops (maize, rice, wheat) from 250 locations, covering the major cereal-growing regions in China. A total of 2 020 Fusarium strains were isolated from 315 diseased samples. Employing multi-locus phylogeny and morphological features, the above strains were identified to 43 species, including eight novel species that are described in this paper. A world chec

SUBMITTER: Han SL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10282163 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature