Appressoria-Producing Sordariomycetes Taxa Associated with Jasminum Species.

ABSTRACT: Appressoria are specialized structures formed by certain phytopathogenic fungi during the early stages of the infection process. Over the years, significant advancements have been made in understanding the formation, types, and functions of appressoria. Besides being formed primarily by fungal pathogens, many studies have reported their occurrence in other life modes such as endophytes, epiphytes, and saprobes. In this study, we observed the formation of appressoria in fungal genera that have been found associated with leaf spots and, interestingly, by a saprobic species. We used morphological descriptions and illustrations, molecular phylogeny, coalescent-based Poisson tree processes (PTP) model, inter- and intra-species genetic distances based on their respective DNA markers, and Genealo

SUBMITTER: Gomdola D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10745922 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature