Identification of six Cytospora species on Chinese chestnut in China

By

Jiang, Ning
Yang, Qin
Fan, Xinlei
Tian, Chengming

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2020

Original Publication

NeoBiota : advancing research on alien species and biological invasions

Volume

62

Pages

1--25

Subjects

Castanea mollissima , Cytosporaceae , Diaporthales , systematics , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sophia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.62.47425

 

Abstract

Chinese chestnut (Castanea mollissima) is an important crop tree species in China. In the present study, Cytospora specimens were collected from Chinese chestnut trees and identified using molecular data of combined ITS, LSU, ACT and RPB2 loci, as well as morphological features. As a result, two new Cytospora species and four new host records were confirmed, viz. C. kuanchengensissp. nov., C. xinglongensissp. nov., C. ceratospermopsis, C. leucostoma, C. myrtagena and C. schulzeri.