Phytophthora theobromicola sp. nov.: a new species causing black pod disease on cacao in Brazil.
Phytophthora theobromicola sp. nov.: a new species causing black pod disease on cacao in Brazil.
Author(s): DECLOQUEMENT, J.; RAMOS-SOBRINHO, R.; ELIAS, S. G.; BRITTO, D. S.; PUIG, A. S.; REIS, A.; SILVA, R. A. F. da; HONORATO-JÚNIOR, J.; LUZ, E. D. M. N.; PINHO, D. B.; MARELLI, J-P.
Summary: To assess the diversity of Phytophthora species affecting cacao in Brazil, 40 new isolates were obtained from cacao pods exhibiting symptoms of black pod disease collected in different smallholder farms in 2017. Further, ten cacao-infecting isolates morphologically identified as P. citrophthora and P. palmivora were molecularly characterized. The genomic regions beta-tubulin, elongation factor 1 alpha, heat shock protein 90, and internal transcribed spacer, and the mitochondrially encoded cytochrome c oxidase I and II genes were PCR-amplified and Sanger-sequenced from the cacao-infecting Phytophthora isolates.
Publication year: 2021
Types of publication: Journal article
Unit: Embrapa Vegetables
Keywords: Cacau, Oomycetes, Peronosporales, Phytophthora, Plant pathology, Podridão Negra, Tropical fungi
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