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Symptoms appearing on pin pricked leaves of D. barringtonia inoculated with agar plugs.

Symptoms appearing on pin pricked leaves of D. barringtonia inoculated with agar plugs.

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Deniquelata barringtoniae gen. et sp. nov. (Montagnulaceae) forms numerous ascomata on distinct zonate leaf spots of Barringtonia asiatica (Lecythidaceae). We isolated this taxon and sequenced the 18S and 28S nrDNA. The result of phylogenetic analysis based on 18S and 28S nrDNA sequence data indicate that the genus belongs in the family Montagnulac...

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... entire to slightly undulated at the edge and remaining white to pinkish white (FIG. 3L−S). After 6 months of incubation, the colonies on malt extract agar and water agar media co ntained only superficial, branched, septate, smooth, mycelia with no asexual-stage. Distribution: On living leaves of Barringtonia asiatica Thailand. Pathogenicity test (FIG. 4): Leaves wounded by pinpricking inoculation technique, initially developed small, circular, ash-coloured spots which subsequently transformed into brown spots. After 10 days of incubation, the spots expanded to 2 mm diam. The spots further enlarged and became sunken causing soft decay of the leaf tissues, surrounded by white mycelium. ...

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Czech Republic , Arcopilus navicularis from tea bag with fruit tea, Neosetophoma buxi as endophyte from Buxus sempervirens , Xerochrysium bohemicum on surface of biscuits with chocolate glaze and filled with jam. France , Entoloma cyaneobasale on basic to calcareous soil, Fusarium aconidiale from Triticum aestivum , Fusarium juglandicola from buds of Juglans regia . Germany , Tetraploa endophytica as endophyte from Microthlaspi perfoliatum roots. India , Castanediella ambae on leaves of Mangifera indica , Lactifluus kanadii on soil under Castanopsis sp., Penicillium uttarakhandense from soil. Italy , Penicillium ferraniaense from compost. 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... Ascospores are oblong to narrowly oblong, reddish brown to dark yellowish brown, muriform with three transverse septa and 1-2 vertical septa, verruculose and lacking a sheath ). This genus currently includes two species, D. barringtoniae and D. vittalii Devadatha, V.V Sarma, E.B.G Jones ( Ariyawansa et al. 2013, Devadatha et al. 2018. Deniquelata barringtoniae is a pathogenic species causing necrosis on living leaves of Barringtonia asiatica and D. vittalii has been recorded on decaying woody stem of the Suaeda monoica (Devadatha et al. 2018). ...
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... Notes: In the molecular analysis our isolate clustered with Deniquelata barringtoniae (CBS 109027) with high bootstrap support (100% in ML, 1 in BYPP, Fig. 13). The morphology of our isolate was similar to that of D. barringtoniae described by Ariyawansa et al. (2013), although we note that the ascospores have a mucilaginous sheath. This is the first report of Deniquelata from Pandanaceae. ...
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... However, recent studies have resolved our understanding. For example, Ariyawansa et al. (2013c) introduced the new generic name Deniquelata, with muriform ascospores in the family Montagnulaceae based on a combined dataset of 18S and 28S nrDNA sequences. Murispora was introduced based on Pleospora rubicunda and referred to Pleosporaceae. ...
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