Molecular and morphological analysis reveals five new species of Zygophiala associated with flyspeck signs on plant hosts from China.

Species in the genus Zygophiala are associated with sooty blotch and flyspeck disease on a wide range of hosts. In this study, 63 Zygophiala isolates collected from flyspeck colonies on a range of plants from several regions of China were used for phylogeny, host range and geographic distribution an...

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Main Authors: Liu Gao, Mian Zhang, Wanyu Zhao, Lu Hao, Hongcai Chen, Rong Zhang, Jean C Batzer, Mark L Gleason, Guangyu Sun
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4203821?pdf=render