Putting the Mess in Order: Aspergillus welwitschiae (and Not A. niger) Is the Etiological Agent of Sisal Bole Rot Disease in Brazil

Putting the Mess in Order: Aspergillus welwitschiae (and Not A. niger) Is the Etiological Agent of Sisal Bole Rot Disease in Brazil

Approximately 75% of the worldwide production of hard natural fibers originates from sisal, an industrial crop from arid and semiarid tropical regions. Brazil is the world's largest producer of sisal fiber, accounting for more than 40% of the worldwide production, and sisal bole rot disease has...

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Main Authors: Elizabeth A. A. Duarte, Caroline L. Damasceno, Thiago A. S. de Oliveira, Leonardo de Oliveira Barbosa, Fabiano M. Martins, Jurema Rosa de Queiroz Silva, Thais E. F. de Lima, Rafael M. da Silva, Rodrigo B. Kato, Dener E. Bortolini, Vasco Azevedo, Aristóteles Góes-Neto, Ana C. F. Soares
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
black aspergilli
Agave sisalana
red rot
microbial interaction
Aspergillosis
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2018.01227/full

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