Biodiversity of Lecanosticta pine-needle blight pathogens suggests a Mesoamerican Centre of origin

Abstract Lecanosticta acicola causes the disease known as brown spot needle blight (BSNB), on Pinus species. The pathogen is thought to have a Central American centre of origin. This was based on the morphological variation between isolates believed to represent L. acicola from native Pinus spp. Two...

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Main Authors: Ariska van der Nest, Michael J. Wingfield, Paulo C. Ortiz, Irene Barnes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-06-01
Series:IMA Fungus
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s43008-019-0004-8
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