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Species of the Colletotrichum acutatum complex associated with anthracnose diseases of fruit in Brazil

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Author(s):
Braganca, Carlos A. D. [1] ; Damm, Ulrike [2, 3] ; Baroncelli, Riccardo [4] ; Massola Junior, Nelson S. [5] ; Crous, Pedro W. [2, 6, 7]
Total Authors: 5
Affiliation:
[1] Univ Fed Reconcavo Bahia, BR-44380000 Cruz Das Almas, BA - Brazil
[2] CBS KNAW Fungal Biodivers Ctr, Uppsalalaan 8, NL-3584 CT Utrecht - Netherlands
[3] Senckenberg Museum Nat Hist, Gorlitz PF 300 154, D-02806 Gorlitz - Germany
[4] Univ Bretagne Occidentale, Lab Univ Biodivers & Ecol Microbienne, Brest - France
[5] Univ Sao Paulo, Escola Super Agr Luiz de Queiroz, Dept Fitopatol & Nematol, Caixa Postal 09, BR-13418900 Piracicaba, SP - Brazil
[6] Univ Pretoria, FABI, Dept Microbiol & Plant Pathol, ZA-0002 Pretoria - South Africa
[7] Univ Utrecht, Dept Biol, Microbiol, Padualaan 8, NL-3584 CH Utrecht - Netherlands
Total Affiliations: 7
Document type: Journal article
Source: FUNGAL BIOLOGY; v. 120, n. 4, p. 547-561, APR 2016.
Web of Science Citations: 23
Abstract

Although Colletotrichum acutatum was recently investigated and shown to be a species complex comprising about 30 species, the name is still used in its broad sense for anthracnose pathogens of fruits in Brazil. In this study, a multilocus molecular analysis was carried out based on a dataset of ITS, HIS3, GAPDH, CHS-1, TUB2 and ACT sequences of Colletotrichum strains belonging to the C. acutatum species complex from fruits collected in different regions in Brazil combined with sequences of ex-type and other reference strains of species belonging to this complex. The strains were revealed to belong to Colletotrichum nymphaeae, Colletotrichum melonis, Colletotrichum abscissum and one new species, namely Colletotrichum paranaense, from apple and peach. Morphological descriptions of the new species and a strain closely related to but diverging from C. melonis are provided. From the data presently available, the most common species on apple fruits in Brazil is C. nymphaeae. In a pathogenicity test, strains of all four species caused lesions on detached apple, peach and guava fruits, except for strain CBS 134730 that did not infect guava fruits. (C) 2016 The British Mycological Society. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. (AU)

FAPESP's process: 11/11629-1 - Brazilian anthracnosis: identification, characterization and variability of causal agents
Grantee:Nelson Sidnei Massola Júnior
Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants