Journal
PERSOONIA
Volume 25, Issue -, Pages 61-71Publisher
RIJKSHERBARIUM
DOI: 10.3767/003158510X550368
Keywords
Adansonia digitata; Adansonia rubrostipa; fungal biodiversity; Microascales
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- National Research Foundation (NRF)
- Tree Protection Co-operative Programme (TPCP)
- THRIP initiative of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI)
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Baobabs (Adansonia spp.) are iconic trees, known for their immense size, strange forms, sources of food and as the subjects of myths and mysteries. It is thus surprising that little is known regarding the fungi that infect these trees. During a survey to determine which wound infecting fungi occur on baobabs, synnematous structures were observed and Graphium-like isolates were obtained. Culture characteristics and micro-morphology, together with DNA sequence comparisons for the SSU rRNA, rRNA-ITS and TEF-1 alpha gene regions were used to characterise these fungi. These data revealed three novel Graphium spp. and these are described as G. adansoniae, G. madagascariense and G. fabiforme.
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