Biological and Genomic Insights into <i>Fusarium acuminatum</i> Causing Needle Blight in <i>Pinus tabuliformis</i>.

ABSTRACT: Chinese pine, Pinus tabuliformis, is one of the most important garden plants in northern China, and the planting of this species is of great significance for the improvement of the ecological environment. In this study, different fungi were isolated and purified from diseased Pinus tabuliformis samples collected in Xi'an city, Shaanxi Province. Of these fungal isolates, only one (isolate AP-3) was pathogenic to the healthy host plant. The pathogenic isolate was identified as Fusarium acuminatum by morphological characteristics and ITS and TEF-1α sequence analyses. The optimal growth conditions for this isolate were further analyzed as follows: Optimal temperature of 25 °C, pH of 11, soluble starch and sodium nitrate as the most preferred carbon and nitrog

SUBMITTER: Song L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12470730 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature