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Pseudodidymella fagi in Slovakia: First detection, morphology and culture characteristics
Author(s) -
Czachura Paweł,
OwczarekKościelniak Magdalena,
Piątek Marcin
Publication year - 2019
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.12479
Subject(s) - fagus sylvatica , beech , biology , botany , outbreak , morphology (biology) , zoology , virology
Pseudodidymella fagi , described from infected leaves of Fagus crenata in Japan, has recently been spreading in Europe, where it causes leaf blotch of European beech Fagus sylvatica . In the years 2008–2016, an outbreak of P. fagi was observed on European beech in Switzerland, Germany and Austria, and it is reported here for the first time from Slovakia where it was detected in 2017. The identification of the pathogen is supported by the morphological analyses of material observed in vivo and in vitro and molecular analyses based on ITS sequences. Detailed morphological characterization of cultures based on European material, on F. sylvatica , is provided here for the first time.