A Novel Alternaria Species Isolated from Peucedanum japonicum in Korea.
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SUBMITTER: Deng JX
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4004941 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Mar
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A Novel Alternaria Species Isolated from Peucedanum japonicum in Korea.
Deng Jian Xin JX Cho Hye Sun HS Paul Narayan Chandra NC Lee Hyang Burm HB Yu Seung Hun SH
Mycobiology 20140331 1
We isolated and examined a new Alternaria sp., which causes leaf spots on Peucedanum japonicum in Korea, by using molecular and morphological methods. Phylogenetic analysis based on a combined internal transcribed spacer region analysis and two protein-coding genes (gpd and Alt a1) demonstrated that the causal fungus was most closely related to A. cinerariae and A. sonchi, and relevant to A. brassicae. However, conidial morphology indicated that it is a novel species within the genus Alternaria, ...[more]
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