[Objectives]The study was to confirm the etiological agent of leaf spot on banana in Yunnan Province of China.[Methods]Fungus isolates were isolated from the diseased tissues,and cultured to observe the morphological ...[Objectives]The study was to confirm the etiological agent of leaf spot on banana in Yunnan Province of China.[Methods]Fungus isolates were isolated from the diseased tissues,and cultured to observe the morphological characteristics of colony and spore.Furthermore,phylogenetic analyses and pathogenicity test were also conducted to confirm the pathogen.[Results]The fungus isolated from the diseased tissues was identified as Neopestalotiopsis clavispora.[Conclusions]N.clavispora is a new pathogen causing leaf spot of banana.This research provides the first description of N.clavispora as a causal agent on banana in China,and adds new insights related to the host range of N.clavispora.展开更多
[Objectives]The paper was to identify the causal agent of leaf spot of banana in Hainnan,China.[Methods]Fungus isolates were isolated from the diseased tissues,and morphological characteristics of colony and spore wer...[Objectives]The paper was to identify the causal agent of leaf spot of banana in Hainnan,China.[Methods]Fungus isolates were isolated from the diseased tissues,and morphological characteristics of colony and spore were observed.Furthermore,phylogenetic analyses and pathogenicity test were conducted to confirm the pathogen.[Results]The fungus isolates from the diseased tissues was identified as Curvularia geniculata.[Conclusions]C.geniculata is a new pathogen causing leaf spot of banana in Hainan,China.This finding will help to broaden the distribution and host range of C.geniculata,indicating that it poses potential damage to banana in China.展开更多
基金Supported by High level Talents Project of Hainan Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China(2019RC278)The Earmarked Fund for CARS(CARS-31).
文摘[Objectives]The study was to confirm the etiological agent of leaf spot on banana in Yunnan Province of China.[Methods]Fungus isolates were isolated from the diseased tissues,and cultured to observe the morphological characteristics of colony and spore.Furthermore,phylogenetic analyses and pathogenicity test were also conducted to confirm the pathogen.[Results]The fungus isolated from the diseased tissues was identified as Neopestalotiopsis clavispora.[Conclusions]N.clavispora is a new pathogen causing leaf spot of banana.This research provides the first description of N.clavispora as a causal agent on banana in China,and adds new insights related to the host range of N.clavispora.
基金High-level Talents Project of Hainan Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China(2019RC278)The Earmarked Fund for CARS(CARS-31)。
文摘[Objectives]The paper was to identify the causal agent of leaf spot of banana in Hainnan,China.[Methods]Fungus isolates were isolated from the diseased tissues,and morphological characteristics of colony and spore were observed.Furthermore,phylogenetic analyses and pathogenicity test were conducted to confirm the pathogen.[Results]The fungus isolates from the diseased tissues was identified as Curvularia geniculata.[Conclusions]C.geniculata is a new pathogen causing leaf spot of banana in Hainan,China.This finding will help to broaden the distribution and host range of C.geniculata,indicating that it poses potential damage to banana in China.
