文献类型： 外文期刊

作者： Yan, Shuang ¹ ; Yu, Peng ¹ ; Liang, Guolu ¹ ; Zhang, Danhua ³ ; Timko, Michael P. ³ ; Guo, Qigao ¹ ; Wu, Di ¹ ;

作者机构： 1.Southwest Univ, Coll Hort & Landscape Architecture, Chongqing 400715, Peoples R China

2.Southwest Univ, Acad Agr Sci, Chongqing 400715, Peoples R China

3.Univ Virginia, Dept Biol, Charlottesville, VA 22904 USA

4.Guizhou Acad Agr Sci, Inst Fruit Sci, Guiyang 550006, Guizhou, Peoples R China

关键词： Alternaria leaf spot; pathogenicity tests; phylogenetic analysis; taxonomy

期刊名称：PLANT DISEASE （ 影响因子：4.4； 五年影响因子：4.8 ）

ISSN： 0191-2917

年卷期： 2024 年 108 卷 8 期

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收录情况： SCI

摘要： Loquat (Eriobotrya japonica) is an economically important subtropical fruit crop in China. Field surveys conducted in different loquat orchards located in Chongqing, Sichuan, and Fujian provinces between 2017 and 2020 resulted in a collection of 56 Alternaria-like isolates from trees exhibiting symptoms of loquat leaf spot. Multigene phylogenetic analyses using seven gene regions, namely, ITS, gapdh, RPB2, tef1, Alt a 1, endoPG, and OPA10-2, showed that all the isolates belonged to the genus Alternaria, and supporting morphological analysis identified them as members of species A. alternata, A. gaisen, and A. chongqingensis sp. nov. In vitro and in vivo pathogenicity tests showed all the identified species to be pathogenic and able to cause leaf spot disease on loquat. Moreover, comprehensive phylogenetic analyses employing all combinations of the above seven gene sequences revealed the capability of Alt a 1-tef1-endoPG to provide a well-resolved gene tree for Alternaria spp. at the species level. This study adds to the current knowledge on an unknown species (A. chongqingensis sp. nov.) and is the first report of A. gaisen in loquat worldwide.