Cladosporium Species Associated with Fruit Trees in Guizhou Province, China

Yuanqiao Yang; Wenmei Luo; Wensong Zhang; Mohammed Amin Uddin Mridha; Subodini Nuwanthika Wijesinghe; Eric H C McKenzie; Yong Wang

doi:10.3390/jof9020250

Cladosporium Species Associated with Fruit Trees in Guizhou Province, China

J Fungi (Basel). 2023 Feb 13;9(2):250. doi: 10.3390/jof9020250.

Authors

Yuanqiao Yang¹, Wenmei Luo¹, Wensong Zhang¹, Mohammed Amin Uddin Mridha², Subodini Nuwanthika Wijesinghe³, Eric H C McKenzie⁴, Yong Wang¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Plant Pathology, Agriculture College, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, China.
² Faculty of Graduate Studies, Daffodil International University, Birulia, Dhaka 1216, Bangladesh.
³ Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand.
⁴ Auckland Mail Centre, P.O. Box 92170 Auckland 1142, New Zealand.

Abstract

During an investigation of fungal diversity on fruit trees in Guizhou Province, 23 Cladosporium strains were isolated from various locations in Guizhou Province. Culture characteristics, morphology and molecular phylogenetic analysis of three genetic markers, namely, the internal transcribed spacer regions (ITS) of the rDNA, partial fragments of actin (act), and the translation elongation factor 1-α (tef1-ɑ) loci were used to characterize these isolates. Seven new Cladosporium species and new host records for five other species were introduced, with detailed descriptions and illustrations. This study showed that there is a rich diversity of Cladosporium spp. in fruit trees in Guizhou Province.

Keywords: 7 new taxa; Cladosporiaceae; asexual morph; hyphomycetes; taxonomy.

Grants and funding

The research was supported by the project of Guizhou Provincial Education Department ([2020]001), Guizhou Science Technology Department International Cooperation Basic project ([2018]5806), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 31972222, 31560489), the Program of Introducing Talents of Discipline to Universities of China (111 Program, D20023), and the Talent project of the Guizhou Science and Technology Cooperation Platform [2020]5001).