Claim · model-written summary
Phylogenetic analysis placed the fungus in a single branch and it was designated Fomitopsis meliae (MM4).
- Taxon
- Fomitopsis meliae (MM4)Fomitopsis meliaee0
- Outcome
- clustered into a single branch of a phylogenetic treee0
Not reportedDirection
Verbatim
e0“the fungus clustered into a single branch of a phylogenetic tree; hence the fungus was designated as Fomitopsis meliae (MM4)”
Title
Muhammad Muhammad; Roswanira Abdul Wahab; Mohd Hefni Rusli; et al. Journal of Tropical Life Science 2022. doi:10.11594/jtls.12.01.03
Other claims from this paper (4)
- Observation The 18S rRNA sequence of fungal pathogen strain MM4 showed 99% similarity with partial sequences of Antrodia serialis.
- Observation The pathogenicity test showed significant differences in disease severity caused by F. meliae on oil palm seedlings.
- Observation The pathogen was successfully re-isolated from infected oil palm seedling samples.
- Observation The authors report this as the first report of F. meliae brown-rot fungus infecting oil palm.