Lasiodiplodia citricola

Lasiodiplodia citricola is an endophytic fungus. It was first isolated in northern Iran, and is named after its first known host, citrus plants. It has since been isolated in other plants in other continents, and is considered a plant pathogen. L. citricola is phylogenetically related to L. parva, but conidia of the former are longer and wider.[1]

Lasiodiplodia citricola
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Dothideomycetes
Order: Botryosphaeriales
Family: Botryosphaeriaceae
Genus: Lasiodiplodia
Species:
L. citricola
Binomial name
Lasiodiplodia citricola
Abdollahzadeh et al., 2010

Description

Its conidiomata are stromatic and pycnidial; mycelium is uniloculate, up to 2 millimetres (0.079 in) in diameter, non-papillate and with a central ostiole. Its paraphyses are hyaline, cylindrical and thin-walled. Conidiophores are absent in this species. Conidiogenous cells are holoblastic and also hyaline. Conidia are aseptate, ellipsoid to ovoid and with longitudinal striations.[1]

References
  1. Abdollahzadeh, J.; Javadi, A.; Goltapeh, E. Mohammadi; Zare, R.; Phillips, A.J.L. (2010). "Phylogeny and morphology of four new species of Lasiodiplodia from Iran". Persoonia. 25 (1): 1–10. doi:10.3767/003158510X524150. ISSN 0031-5850. PMC 3028508. PMID 21339962.

Further reading
  • Chen, S. F., et al. "First report of Lasiodiplodia citricola and Neoscytalidium dimidiatum causing death of graft union of English walnut in California." Fungal Diversity 67 (2014): 157-179.
  • Chen, S. F., et al. "First report of Lasiodiplodia citricola associated with stem canker of peach in California, USA." Journal of Plant Pathology 95.3 (2013).
  • Van der Linde, Johannes Alwyn, et al. "Lasiodiplodia species associated with dying Euphorbia ingens in South Africa." Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science 73.3-4 (2011): 165-173.
  • Marques, Marília W., et al. "Species of Lasiodiplodia associated with mango in Brazil." Fungal Diversity 61.1 (2013): 181-193.


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