Claim · model-written summary
The isolate's characteristics match the published description of Cladosporium caryigenum.
- Taxon
- Cladosporium caryigenum
Fusicladium caryigenume0 - Outcome
- characteristics agree with a published descriptione0
Verbatim
e0“These characteristics agree with a published description of Cladosporium caryigenum (Gottwald, 1982).”
Title
Occurrence of scab disease of pecan caused by Cladosporium caryigenum in Argentina
G. Mantz; S. Maiale; C. Rollán; et al. Plant Pathology 2009. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3059.2009.02035.x
Other claims from this paper (7)
- Observation Typical scab symptoms were commonly seen on pecan seedlings and mature trees in La Plata in 2007 and 2008.
- Observation Pecan nuts, twigs and petioles had black spots.
- Observation A Cladosporium-like fungus was isolated from pecan leaves at the UNLP Experimental Station in La Plata.
- Observation The fungus had dark brown, erect, septate conidiophores measuring 50–188 × 4–5 µm.
- Observation The fungus had chained, irregular, ovoid to ellipsoid pale olive-green conidia, some two-celled, measuring 4–8 × 6–22 µm.
- Intervention effect Only inoculated pecan leaves developed subcuticular hyphae and initial reproductive structures of C. caryigenum, indicating susceptibility.
- Observation This is the first confirmed report of C. caryigenum causing pecan scab in Argentina.