Claim · model-written summary
In a pathogenicity test the fungus caused lesions on inoculated seedlings but with a low level of aggressiveness.
- Taxon
- Leucaena leucocephala
Leucaena leucocephalat0 - Treatment
- pathogenicity test was conducted with the funguse0
- Outcome
- lesions on the inoculated seedlingse0
- Qualifier
- low level of aggressivenesse0
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Verbatim
t0“beetle-infested Leucaena leucocephala”
e0“A pathogenicity test was conducted with the fungus, which was shown to cause lesions on the inoculated seedlings, but with a low level of aggressiveness”
Title
A new species of Raffaelea from beetle-infested Leucaena leucocephala
M. Procter; W.J. Nel; S. Marincowitz; et al. Fungal Systematics and Evolution 2020. doi:10.3114/fuse.2020.06.16
Other claims from this paper (3)
- Observation Dying L. leucocephala trees were observed on the island of Reunion.
- Observation Multiple isolates of a fungus resembling a Raffaelea species were obtained from discoloured wood associated with beetle tunnels.
- Observation Phylogenetic analyses of ITS, LSU and TUB gene regions showed the isolates represent a new species, described as R. borbonica sp. nov.