Abstract
Besides well-known grapevine trunk disease (GTD)-related pathogens, there is an increased interest in wood-colonizing fungi that infect grapevines. During 2017–2018, a survey was conducted in Cyprus and wood samples were collected from vines exhibiting typical GTD symptoms. Based on morphological and multilocus phylogenetic analyses (ITS, LSU, bt2, tef1-a), four species in the Sporocadaceae family were described and typified; two in the genus of Seimatosporium: Seim. cyprium sp. nov. and Seim. vitis-viniferae and two in Sporocadus: Spo. kurdistanicus and Spo. rosigena. The teleomorph of Seim. cyprium sp. nov. was also described. Pathogenicity trials with representative isolates of each species were performed on woody stems of two-year-old potted grapevines for 12 months under field conditions. All isolates were pathogenic, causing dark brown to black vascular discoloration, extending upward and downward from the inoculation point. Sporocadus isolates were significantly more aggressive than Seimatosporium with lesion lengths ranging from 9.24 to 6.90 and 4.13 to 4.00 cm, respectively. Successful re-isolations were also evident for all species and isolates. Seim. cyprium sp. nov. is a newly described species, while Spo. kurdistanicus and Spo. rosigena are reported for the first time in Europe on Vitis vinifera, suggesting the potential role of Sporocadaceae in the GTDs complex.
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Claim · model-written summary
Four Sporocadaceae species were described and typified.
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Verbatim
e0“four species in the Sporocadaceae family were described and typified; two in the genus of Seimatosporium: Seim. cyprium sp. nov. and Seim. vitis-viniferae and two in Sporocadus: Spo. kurdistanicus and Spo. rosigena”
t0“A Novel Seimatosporium and Other Sporocadaceae Species Associated with Grapevine Trunk Diseases in Cyprus”
e1“Besides well-known grapevine trunk disease (GTD)-related pathogens, there is an increased interest in wood-colonizing fungi that infect grapevines. During 2017–2018, a survey was conducted in Cyprus and wood samples were collected from vines exhibiting typical GTD symptoms.”
e2“Besides well-known grapevine trunk disease (GTD)-related pathogens, there is an increased interest in wood-colonizing fungi that infect grapevines. During 2017–2018, a survey was conducted in Cyprus and wood samples were collected from vines exhibiting typical GTD symptoms.”
Claim · model-written summary
The teleomorph of Seim. cyprium was described.
- Interactor
- Seim. cyprium sp. nov.e0pathogen
- Outcome
- teleomorph of Seim. cyprium sp. nov. was also describede0
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Verbatim
e0“The teleomorph of Seim. cyprium sp. nov. was also described”
t0“A Novel Seimatosporium and Other Sporocadaceae Species Associated with Grapevine Trunk Diseases in Cyprus”
e1“Besides well-known grapevine trunk disease (GTD)-related pathogens, there is an increased interest in wood-colonizing fungi that infect grapevines. During 2017–2018, a survey was conducted in Cyprus and wood samples were collected from vines exhibiting typical GTD symptoms.”
Claim · model-written summary
All representative isolates caused vascular discoloration in grapevine stems.
- Treatment
- inoculatione0
- Interactor
- isolatese0pathogen
- Outcome
- dark brown to black vascular discoloratione0
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Verbatim
e0“All isolates were pathogenic, causing dark brown to black vascular discoloration, extending upward and downward from the inoculation point”
t0“A Novel Seimatosporium and Other Sporocadaceae Species Associated with Grapevine Trunk Diseases in Cyprus”
e1“Besides well-known grapevine trunk disease (GTD)-related pathogens, there is an increased interest in wood-colonizing fungi that infect grapevines. During 2017–2018, a survey was conducted in Cyprus and wood samples were collected from vines exhibiting typical GTD symptoms.”
Claim · model-written summary
Sporocadus isolates caused longer lesions than Seimatosporium isolates.
- Interactor
- Sporocadus
Sporocaduse0pathogen - Second interactor
- SeimatosporiumSeimatosporiume0pathogen
- Outcome
- lesion lengthse0
- Direction
- more aggressivee0
- Value
- 9.24 to 6.90e0
- Comparator
- Seimatosporiume0
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Verbatim
e0“Sporocadus isolates were significantly more aggressive than Seimatosporium with lesion lengths ranging from 9.24 to 6.90 and 4.13 to 4.00 cm, respectively”
t0“A Novel Seimatosporium and Other Sporocadaceae Species Associated with Grapevine Trunk Diseases in Cyprus”
e1“Besides well-known grapevine trunk disease (GTD)-related pathogens, there is an increased interest in wood-colonizing fungi that infect grapevines. During 2017–2018, a survey was conducted in Cyprus and wood samples were collected from vines exhibiting typical GTD symptoms.”
Claim · model-written summary
All species and isolates were successfully re-isolated.
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Verbatim
e0“Successful re-isolations were also evident for all species and isolates”
t0“A Novel Seimatosporium and Other Sporocadaceae Species Associated with Grapevine Trunk Diseases in Cyprus”
e1“Besides well-known grapevine trunk disease (GTD)-related pathogens, there is an increased interest in wood-colonizing fungi that infect grapevines. During 2017–2018, a survey was conducted in Cyprus and wood samples were collected from vines exhibiting typical GTD symptoms.”
Claim · model-written summary
Spo. kurdistanicus was first reported in Europe on Vitis vinifera.
- Taxon
- Vitis vinifera
Vitis viniferae0 - Interactor
- Spo. kurdistanicuse0pathogen
- Outcome
- reported for the first timee0
- Setting
- Europee0
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Verbatim
e0“Spo. kurdistanicus and Spo. rosigena are reported for the first time in Europe on Vitis vinifera”
Claim · model-written summary
Spo. rosigena was first reported in Europe on Vitis vinifera.
- Taxon
- Vitis vinifera
Vitis viniferae0 - Interactor
- Spo. rosigenae0pathogen
- Outcome
- reported for the first timee0
- Setting
- Europee0
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Verbatim
e0“Spo. kurdistanicus and Spo. rosigena are reported for the first time in Europe on Vitis vinifera”