Vascular Streak Dieback of cacao in Southeast Asia and Melanesia: In planta detection of the pathogen and a new taxonomy

Fungal Biology

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 11-23

  Samuels, Gary J ^a   Ismaiel, Adnan ^a   Rosmana, Ade ^b   Junaid, Muhammad ^b   Guest, David ^c   Mcmahon, Peter ^d   Keane, Philip ^d   Purwantara, Agus ^e   Lambert, Smilja ^f   Rodriguez Carres, Marianela ^g   Cubeta, Marc A ^g  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b HASANUDDIN UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e Biotechnology Research Institute for Estate Crops   (Indonesia)

^f Mars Australia   (Australia)

^g NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ceratobasidium; Ceratobasidium ramicola; Oncobasidium; Plant pathology; Thanatephorus; Theobroma cacao; Uthatobasidium

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA; RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA 5.8S; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 26S;

ABSCISSION; DICOTYLEDON; DIEBACK; FUNGAL DISEASE; FUNGUS; INFECTIVITY; PATHOGEN; PATHOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENESCENCE; TAXONOMY;

ARTICLE; BASIDIOMYCETES; CACAO; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MELANESIA; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; PHYLOGENY; PLANT DISEASE; PLANT LEAF; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; BASIDIOMYCOTA; CACAO; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; MELANESIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBES; PHYLOGENY; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT LEAVES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 5.8S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

GREATER SUNDA ISLANDS; INDONESIA; JAVA; MELANESIA; SUNDA ISLES;

CERATOBASIDIALES; CERATOBASIDIUM; CERATOBASIDIUM RAMICOLA; FUNGI; PERSEA AMERICANA; THANATEPHORUS; THEOBROMA CACAO; UTHATOBASIDIUM;

EID: 84555169382     PISSN: 18786146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.funbio.2011.07.009     Document Type: Article

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