Insight from morphology and phylogeny in species delimitation of Diaporthe

Insight from morphology and phylogeny in species delimitation of Diaporthe

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Members of Diaporthe are known as plant pathogens, endophytes or saprobes on a wide range of host plants.Diaporthe species are wellknown as the causal agents of many important plant diseases; including root and fruit rots, dieback, stem cankers, leaf spots, leaf and pod blights, and seed decay (Udayanga et al., 2011).

Diaporthe helianthi is the causal agent of one BOSCH BIC630NB1B- 14 cm Black glass front Push to open Warming Drawer of the most important diseases of sunflower (Helianthus annuus) worldwide, and is also listed in the Chinese quarantine directory (Thompson et al., 2011).For plant pathologists, studying of phytopathogenic Diaporthe spp.

is therefore particularly important to work on wide range Plastics Grease of plant diseases (e.g.grapes, sunflowers, soybean, and various diseases associated with ornamentals and forest trees).

The taxonomy of Diaporthe spp.has recently been reviewed in several impactful studies (Udayanga et al., 2011; Gomes et al.

, 2013).