First records of powdery mildew fungi (Erysiphales) on medicinal plants in Taiwan.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Production of medicinal plants in Taiwan is not only hampered by international market competition, but also lack of knowledge of their pathogens, such as powdery mildew fungi (Erysiphales, Ascomycota). Records of these fungi in Taiwan originate from few researchers for the last one hundred years and are still incomplete. Since powdery mildews in tropical/subtropical environments rarely develop the sexual stages with morphologically diagnostic characteristics, internal transcribed spacer sequences (ITS) of the ribosomal RNA genes obtained from the asexual stages have become important modern tools for species identification.

Results

Powdery mildews on medicinal plants from educational and ornamental plantations in Taiwan were identified based on the anamorph morphol

SUBMITTER: Yeh YW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7788129 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature