Morphological and phylogenetic analyzes reveal two new species of Melanconiella from Fujian Province, China.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Species of Melanconiella include a diverse array of plant pathogens as well as endophytic fungi. Members of this genus have been frequently collected from the family Betulaceae (birches) in Europe and North America. Little, however, if known concerning the distribution of Melanconiella and/or their potential as pathogens of other plant hosts.

Methods

Fungi were noted and isolated from diseased leaves of Loropetalum chinense (Chinese fringe flower) and Camellia sinensis (tea) in Fujian Province, China. Genomic DNA was extracted from fungal isolates and the nucleotide sequences of four loci were determined and sued to construct phylogenetic trees. Morphological characteristics of fungal structures were determined via microscopic analyse

SUBMITTER: Mu T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10469505 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature