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The teleomorph of Chalara fraxinea , the causal agent of ash dieback
Author(s) -
Kowalski T.,
Holdenrieder O.
Publication year - 2009
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/j.1439-0329.2008.00589.x
Subject(s) - biology , internal transcribed spacer , botany , ribosomal dna , pathogen , ribosomal rna , microbiology and biotechnology , phylogenetics , genetics , gene
Summary Ash dieback, caused by the pathogen Chalara fraxinea , is an emerging lethal disease of Fraxinus excelsior , threatening the host species in large parts of Europe. The ascomycete Hymenoscyphus albidus (Helotiaceae, Helotiales) was identified as the teleomorph of C. fraxinea by culturing from ascospores, morphological comparison and nuclear ribosomal internal transcribed spacer (ITS) sequencing.