Identification and Characterization of Fungal Pathogens Associated with Boxwood Diseases in the Republic of Korea.

ABSTRACT: Boxwood is a representative ornamental shrub that is widely used in landscaping horticulture. After pruning, damaged leaves or stems of boxwoods are unavoidably vulnerable to infection by various plant pathogens. Several boxwood diseases caused by fungi, such as Volutella blight and Macrophoma leaf spot, have been reported worldwide including Republic of Korea. In this study, we isolated and identified fungal pathogens of boxwood diseases that occurred in Korea and characterized their morphological and taxonomic characteristics. Boxwood samples showing blight symptoms were collected in Seoul, Republic of Korea, and the putative fungal pathogens Pseudonectria buxi, P. foliicola, and Neofusicoccum buxi were successfully identified. Investigation of the morphological features of the field iso

SUBMITTER: Shin S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9372100 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature