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A preliminary report on decay and canker of Acacia richii caused by Inonotus rickii in China
Author(s) -
Cui B. K.,
Zhao C. L.,
Vlasák J.,
Dai Y. C.
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
forest pathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.535
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1439-0329
pISSN - 1437-4781
DOI - 10.1111/efp.12088
Subject(s) - canker , biology , acacia , china , fungus , southern china , botany , horticulture , geography , archaeology
Summary An epidemic wood‐decaying fungus, Inonotus rickii , originating from South America, has spread to the Mediterranean area and southern China. We report the first observation of this fungus on Acacia richii in Panzhihua, southern China. It causes serious canker and decay on urban trees in the investigated area. In addition, phylogenetic analysis showed that the fungus from Panzhihua is closely related to isolates from Europe, South America, Mianyang and Hainan of China. Moreover, it was concluded that the isolates of the species previously reported from the USA do not belong to I. rickii .