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Issue: Vol. 188 No. 3: 12 December 2014
Type: Article
Published: 2014-12-12
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.188.3.2
Page range: 135–144
Abstract views: 38
PDF downloaded: 75

Phyllosticta species from banana (Musa sp.) in Chongqing and Guizhou Provinces, China

Agricultural College of Guizhou University, Guiyang, 550006, P.R. China Guizhou Institute of Plant Protections, Guiyang, 550006 P.R. China Key Laboratory for Agricultural Biotechnology of Guizhou, Guiyang, 550006 P.R. China
Key Laboratory for Agricultural Biotechnology of Guizhou, Guiyang, 550006 P.R. China
Guizhou Institute of Plant Protections, Guiyang, 550006 P.R. China
Agricultural College of Guizhou University, Guiyang, 550006, P.R. China
Guizhou Academy of Agricultural Science, 550006 P.R. China
Key Laboratory for Agricultural Biotechnology of Guizhou, Guiyang, 550006 P.R. China
Musa Phylogeny New species Taxonomy

Abstract

Six Phyllosticta strains were isolated from diseased leaves of Musa species in Chongqing and Guizhou provinces, China. Morphological and molecular analysis of LSU and combined ITS, ACT, TEF-1, and GPDH gene sequences, identified these strains as P. capitalensis (3 strains), P. musarum (1 strain) and two isolates were distinct from known Phyllosticta species. The latter is herein introduced as Phyllosticta musaechinensis sp. nov. A description and illustrations are provided, and the new species is compared with other species from Musa in this paper.