Browsing Genetics by UP Author "Crous, Pedro W."

Browsing Genetics by UP Author "Crous, Pedro W."

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  • Lineages in Nectriaceae : re-evaluating the generic status of Ilyonectria and allied genera 
    Lombard, Lorenzo; Van der Merwe, Nicolaas Albertus (Albie); Groenewald, Johannes Zacharias; Crous, Pedro W. (Firenze University Press, 2014-12)
    Genera with cylindrocarpon-like asexual morphs are important pathogens of various herbaceous and woody plant hosts globally. Recent multi-gene studies of this generic complex indicated that the genus Ilyonectria is ...
  • Mating genes in Calonectria and evidence for a heterothallic ancestral state 
    Li, JieQiong; Wingfield, Brenda D.; Wingfield, Michael J.; Barnes, Irene; Fourie, Arista; Crous, Pedro W.; Chen, S.F. (Naturalis Biodiversity Center and Centraalbureau voor Schimmelcultures, 2020-03-17)
    The genus Calonectria includes many important plant pathogens with a wide global distribution. In order to better understand the reproductive biology of these fungi, we characterised the structure of the mating type ...
  • Multi-locus phylogeny of the genus Curvularia and description of ten new species 
    Marin-Felix, Yasmina; Hernandez-Restrepo, Margarita; Crous, Pedro W. (Springer, 2020-06)
    Curvularia is a cosmopolitan genus that includes species associated with plants, animals and humans, several of which are of clinical significance. Some of these species are important pathogens of grasses, causing devastating ...
  • Multigene phylogeny and mating tests reveal three cryptic species related to Calonectria pauciramosa 
    Lombard, Lorenzo; Crous, Pedro W.; Wingfield, Brenda D.; Wingfield, Michael J. (Cbs Publications / Centraalbureau voor Schimmelcultures, 2010)
    Calonectria pauciramosa is a pathogen of numerous plant hosts worldwide. Recent studies have indicated that it included cryptic species, some of which are identified in this study. Isolates from various geographical origins ...
  • New and interesting fungi. 4 
    Crous, Pedro W.; Hernandez-Restrepo, H.; Schumacher, R.K.; Cowan, Don A.; Maggs-Kolling, G.; Marais, E.; Wingfield, Michael J.; Yilmaz, Neriman; Adan, O.C.G.; Akulov, A.; Alvarez Duarte, E.; Berraf-Tebbal, A.; Bulgakov, T.S.; Carnegie, A.J.; De Beer, Z. Wilhelm; Decock, C.; Dijksterhuis, J.; Duong, Tuan A.; Eichmeier, A.; Hien, L.T.; Houbraken, J.A.M.P.; Khanh, T.N.; Liem, N.V.; Lombard, L.; Lutzoni, F.M.; Miadlikowska, J.M.; Nel, Wilma Janine; Pascoe, I.G.; Roets, F.; Roux, Jolanda; Samson, R.A.; Shen, M.; Spetik, M.; Thangavel, R.; Thanh, H.M.; Thao, L.D.; Van Nieuwenhuijzen, E.J.; Zhang, J.Q.; Zhang, Y.; Zhao, L.L.; Groenewald, Johannes Zacharias (Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute, 2021-04-28)
    An order, family and genus are validated, seven new genera, 35 new species, two new combinations, two epitypes, two lectotypes, and 17 interesting new host and / or geographical records are introduced in this study. Validated ...
  • A new species of Raffaelea from beetle-infested Leucaena leucocephala 
    Procter, M.; Nel, Wilma Janine; Marincowitz, Seonju; Crous, Pedro W.; Wingfield, Michael J. (Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute, 2020)
    Species of Raffaelea (Ophiostomatales: Ascomycota) are obligate symbionts of ambrosia beetles, some of which pose a substantial threat to forest trees. Leucaena leucocephala is a small mimosoid tree species that is ...
  • Novel Cryphonectriaceae from La Réunion and South Africa, and their pathogenicity on Eucalyptus 
    Ali, Daniel B.; Marincowitz, Seonju; Wingfield, Michael J.; Roux, Jolanda; Crous, Pedro W.; Taggart, Alistair R. (Springer, 2018-08)
    Fungi in the Cryphonectriaceae are important canker pathogens of plants in the Melastomataceae and Myrtaceae (Myrtales). These fungi are known to undergo host jumps or shifts. In this study, fruiting structures resembling ...
  • Novel primers improve species delimitation in Cercospora 
    Bakhshi, Mounes; Arzanlou, Mahdi; Babai-ahari, Asadollah; Groenewald, Johannes Zacharias; Crous, Pedro W. (International Mycological Association, 2018-07)
    The genus Cercospora includes many important plant pathogens that are commonly associated with leaf spot diseases on a wide range of cultivated and wild plant species. Due to the lack of useful morphological features and ...
  • Novel species of Mycosphaerellaceae and Teratosphaeriaceae 
    Crous, Pedro W.; Summerell, Brett A.; Carnegie, Angus J.; Wingfield, Michael J.; Groenewald, Johannes Zacharias (National Herbarium of The Netherlands and the CBS Fungal Biodiversity Centre, 2009)
    Recent phylogenetic studies based on multi-gene data have provided compelling evidence that the Mycosphaerellaceae and Teratosphaeriaceae represent numerous genera, many of which can be distinguished based on their anamorph ...
  • The phoma-like dilemma 
    Hou, L.W.; Groenewald, Johannes Zacharias; Pfenning, L.H.; Yarden, O.; Crous, Pedro W.; Cai, L. (Elsevier, 2020-06)
    Species of Didymellaceae have a cosmopolitan distribution and are geographically widespread, occurring in diverse ecosystems. The family includes several important plant pathogenic fungi associated with fruit, leaf, stem ...
  • Phylogenetic revision of Camarosporium (Pleosporineae, Dothideomycetes) and allied genera 
    Wanasinghe, D.N.; Hyde, K.D.; Jeewon, R.; Crous, Pedro W.; Wijayawardene, N.N.; Jones, E.B.G.; Bhat, D.J.; Phillips, A.J.L.; Groenewald, Johannes Zacharias; Dayarathne, M.C.; Phukhamsakda, C.; Thambugala, K.M.; Bulgakov, T.S.; Camporesi, E.; Gafforov, Y.S.; Mortimer, P.E.; Karunarathna, S.C. (Fungal Biodiversity Centre (CBS), 2017-08-23)
    A concatenated dataset of LSU, SSU, ITS and tef1 DNA sequence data was analysed to investigate the taxonomic position and phylogenetic relationships of the genus Camarosporium in Pleosporineae (Dothideomycetes). Newly ...
  • Phylogeny and systematics of the genus Calonectria 
    Lombard, Lorenzo; Crous, Pedro W.; Wingfield, Brenda D.; Wingfield, Michael J. (Cbs Publications / Centraalbureau voor Schimmelcultures, 2010)
    Species of Calonectria are important plant pathogens, several of which have a worldwide distribution. Contemporary taxonomic studies on these fungi have chiefly relied on DNA sequence comparisons of the β-tubulin gene ...
  • Population structure of Cylindrocladium parasiticum infecting peanuts (Arachis hypogaea) in Georgia, USA 
    Wright, Louwrance Peter; Davis, Andrew J.; Wingfield, Brenda D.; Crous, Pedro W.; Brenneman, Tim; Wingfield, Michael J. (Springer, 2010-02)
    Cylindrocladium parasiticum is an important pathogen of peanut (Arachis hypogaea) causing the disease Cylindrocladium black rot. The genetic structure of this haploid pathogen was determined for populations associated ...
  • Pseudocercospora and allied genera associated with leaf spots of banana (Musa spp.) 
    Crous, Pedro W.; Carlier, J.; Roussel, V.; Groenewald, Johannes Zacharias (Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute, 2021-10-30)
    The Sigatoka leaf spot complex on Musa spp. includes three major pathogens: Pseudocercospora, namely P. musae (Sigatoka leaf spot or yellow Sigatoka), P. eumusae (eumusae leaf spot disease), and P. fijiensis (black ...
  • Re-evaluation of Mycoleptodiscus species and morphologically similar fungi 
    Hernández-Restrepo, M.; Bezerra, J.D.P.; Tan, Y.P.; Wiederhold, N.; Crous, Pedro W.; Guarro, J.; Gené, J. (National Herbarium of the Netherlands, 2019-06)
    Mycoleptodiscus includes plant pathogens, animal opportunists, saprobic and endophytic fungi. The present study presents the first molecular phylogeny and revision of the genus based on four loci, including ITS, LSU, ...
  • Reconsideration of species boundaries and proposed DNA barcodes for Calonectria 
    Liu, QianLi; Li, JieQiong; Wingfield, Michael J.; Duong, Tuan A.; Wingfield, Brenda D.; Crous, Pedro W.; Chen, S.F. (Fungal Biodiversity Centre (CBS), 2020-09)
    Calonectria represents a genus of phytopathogenic ascomycetous fungi with a worldwide distribution. In recent years, there has been an increase in the number of taxonomic studies on these fungi. Currently, there are 169 ...
  • Redefining species limits in the Fusarium fujikuroi species complex 
    Yilmaz, Neriman; Sandoval-Denis, Marcelo; Lombard, L.; Visagie, Cobus M.; Wingfield, Brenda D.; Crous, Pedro W. (Naturalis Biodiversity Center, 2021-06)
    The Fusarium fujikuroi species complex (FFSC) includes more than 60 phylogenetic species (phylospecies) with both phytopathological and clinical importance. Because of their economical relevance, a stable taxonomy and ...
  • Species concepts in Calonectria (Cylindrocladium) 
    Lombard, Lorenzo; Crous, Pedro W.; Wingfield, Brenda D.; Wingfield, Michael J. (Cbs Publications / Centraalbureau voor Schimmelcultures, 2010)
    Species of Calonectria and their Cylindrocladium anamorphs are important plant pathogens worldwide. At present 52 Cylindrocladium spp. and 37 Calonectria spp. are recognised based on sexual compatibility, morphology and ...
  • Taxonomy, phylogeny and identification of Botryosphaeriaceae associated with pome and stone fruit trees in South Africa and other regions of the world 
    Slippers, Bernard; Smit, W.A.; Crous, Pedro W.; Coutinho, Teresa A.; Wingfield, Brenda D.; Wingfield, Michael J. (Blackwell, 2007-02)
    Species of Botryosphaeria are well-recognized pathogens of pome and stone fruit trees. The taxonomy of these fungi, however, has been confused in the past. Recent taxonomic changes to the Botryosphaeriaceae further influence ...
  • Toward a natural classification of Botryosphaeriaceae : a study of the type specimens of Botryosphaeria sensu lato 
    Zhang, Ying; Zhou, Yupei; Sun, Wei; Zhao, Lili; Pavlic-Zupanc, Draginja; Crous, Pedro W.; Slippers, Bernard; Dai, Yucheng (Frontiers Media, 2021-11-03)
    The genus Botryosphaeria includes more than 200 epithets, but only the type species, Botryosphaeria dothidea and a dozen or more other species have been identified based on DNA sequence data. The taxonomic status of the ...