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Trichocladium solani sp. nov.-A New Pathogen on Potato Tubers Causing Yellow Rot
Arseniy Belosokhov1,2, Maria Yarmeeva1, Lyudmila Kokaeva1
1Faculty of Biology, Department of Mycology and algology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskiye Gory 1, Building 12, 119991 Moscow, Russia.
Abstract:
A new species, Trichocladium solani, was isolated from potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) tubers from Russia. The species has no observed teleomorph and is characterized morphologically by non-specific Acremonium-like conidia on single phialides and chains of swollen chlamydospores. Phylogenetic analysis placed the new species in a monophyletic clade inside the Trichocladium lineage with a high level of support from a multi-locus analysis of three gene regions: ITS, tub2, and rpb2. ITS is found to be insufficient for species delimitation and is not recommended for identification purposes in screening studies. T. solani is pathogenic to potato tubers and causes lesions that look similar to symptoms of Fusarium dry rot infection but with yellowish or greenish tint in the necrotized area. The disease has been named "yellow rot of potato tubers".
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