Claim · model-written summary
The fungus isolated from sourgrass leaf spots was identified as Cladosporium anthropophilum by morphology, ITS, ACT and TEF sequencing and phylogeny.
- Taxon
- Digitaria insularis
Digitaria insularise0 - Interactor
- Cladosporium anthropophilumCladosporium anthropophilume3pathogen
- Outcome
- identity of the funguse3
Verbatim
e0“Sourgrass ( Digitaria insularis L. Fedde) is one of the most aggressive agricultural weeds in the Americas”
e3“Sequencing of the ITS, ACT, and TEF gene regions followed by BLASTn and multilocus phylogenetic analyses confirmed the identity of the fungus as Cladosporium anthropophilum”
Title
Fernando Garcia; Eliane Mayumi Inokuti; André Luiz Firmino; et al. Australasian Plant Pathology 2026. doi:10.1007/s13313-026-01090-5
Other claims from this paper (5)
- Observation Leaf spot symptoms on sourgrass were observed in December 2020 in Uberaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
- Observation Leaf spot lesions on sourgrass were circular and then elliptical, dark brown with a light brown center, mainly on the adaxial leaf surface.
- Observation Cladosporium anthropophilum caused severe leaf spot symptoms on healthy sourgrass plants seven days after inoculation.
- Observation The pathogen was successfully reisolated from inoculated sourgrass plants.
- Observation Cladosporium anthropophilum causing leaf spots on Digitaria insularis is a first report in Brazil.
