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Provedor de dados: | 16
País: | Netherlands
Título: | Leptographium bhutanense sp. nov., associated with the root collar weevil Hylobitelus chenkupdorjii on Pinus wallichiana in Bhutan
Autores: | Zhou, X.D.; Jacobs, K.; Kirisits, T.; Chhetri, D.B.; Wingfield, M.J.
Data: | 2008
Ano: | 2008
Palavras-chave: | Curculionidae; Forest pests; Hylobitelus; Leptographium; Ophiostomatoid fungi.
Resumo: | Leptographium spp. are commonly associated with bark beetles and weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), and some are important tree pathogens. In a recent survey of diseases and insect pests of conifer trees in Bhutan, the root collar weevil, Hylobitelus chenkupdorjii was found girdling young Himalayan blue pine (Pinus wallichiana) trees in Central Bhutan. Intensive wood staining and a Leptographium sp. were associated with damage by this insect. The fungus was also isolated from individuals of H. chenkupdorjii. It was tentatively identified based on morphology and then compared with other Leptographium spp. using DNA sequences for three gene regions. Morphological characteristics showed that the Leptographium sp. from H. chenkupdorjii is similar to, but distinct from L. procerum and L. profanum. DNA sequence comparisons revealed that the isolates from Bhutan resided in a distinct well-supported clade and confirmed that they represent an undescribed taxon for which the name Leptographium bhutanense sp. nov. is provided.
Tipo: | Article / Letter to the editor

Identificador:

http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/531695

http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/document/569521

Formato: | application/pdf
Fonte: | Persoonia - Molecular Phylogeny and Evolution of Fungi (0031-05850) vol.21 (2008) nr.1 p.1
Fonte: | (c) Naturalis