• Mycobiology
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• 제44권2호
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• pp.79-84
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• 2016

A coelomycete with characters resembling the asexual morphs in the family Botryosphaeriaceae was isolated from a fallen leaf of an orchid collected in Thailand. Morphological and phylogenetic analyses placed the strain in Neoscytalidium. Phylogenetic relationships among Neoscytalidium species were inferred by analyzing internal transcribed spacers and large subunit of rRNA sequence data and indicate that our strain is a new species, which is introduced and illustrated herein as Neoscytalidium orchidacearum sp. nov.

• Mycobiology
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• 제49권2호
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• pp.122-132
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• 2021

The reexamination of the fungal genus Botryosphaeria on 12 plant species of 10 families was carried out based on molecular phylogenetic analyses using the regions of translation elongation factor 1-α, β-tubulin, DNA-directed RNA polymerase II subunit, and internal transcribed spacer region of rDNA and morphological characteristics. Japanese isolates were divided into five clades and include Botryosphaeria dothidea, B. qingyuanensis, B. sinensis, and Botryosphaeria spp. Two species, B. qingyuanensis and B. sinensis have been newly added to the Japanese mycoflora, but their host plants are not specified. Botryosphaeria tenuispora isolated from Leucothoe fontanesiana and insect galls on fruits of Aucuba japonica has been proposed as a new species.

• Journal of Forest and Environmental Science
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• 제38권2호
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• pp.137-139
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• 2022

In 2021, severely infected trees showing distinct symptoms including branch dieback, necrotic lesions on branches, cankers on the shoots, and dark brown discoloration on the stem on Hovenia dulcis were found in the provincial forest of Jeollabuk-do located in Jangsu, South Korea. The causal agent of the pathogen was identified as Botryosphaeria dothidea based on morphology and sequence comparisons. This is the first confirmed report of B. dothidea causing branch dieback and canker on H. dulcis.

• 한국균학회지
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• 제51권2호
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• pp.111-120
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• 2023

Three fungal strains designated as KNUF-23-MG32, KNUF-23-YC8, and KNUF-23-MJ82 were isolated from the abnormal symptomatic apple trees during screening fungal pathogens collected in Jeollanam-do and Gyeongsangbuk-do, Korea. These fungal strains were found to have similar cultural and morphological characteristics close to the genus Botryosphaeria. Morphological characteristics were matched with B. kuwatsukai CBS 135219 but different with B. dothidea KACC 45481 and B. sinensis HMAS 246714^T. Pathogenicity tests of strain KNUF-23-MG32 showed that this strain causes rot in Fuji apples. Molecular phylogenetic analysis based on the sequences of the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) regions, translation elongation factor 1-alpha (TEF1α), and partial β-tubulin (TUB2) showed that these strains are B. kuwatsukai. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of an apple ring rot fungus Botryosphaeria kuwatsukai in Korea.

• 식물병연구
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• 제23권4호
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• pp.367-371
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• 2017

2015년에 태안에서 장미의 가지 썩음 증상과 검은 포자체가 붙어 있는 새로운 증상이 관찰되었다. 이 증상의 원인을 찾기 위해 장미 가지의 썩음 증상에서 균사체를 분리하였다. 분리 균주의 병원성을 검정하였더니 건전한 장미 가지가 썩었으며 처음 발견했던 병징과 일치하였다. 형태학적 특성을 조사하고 분자생물학적 분석을 위하여 병원균을 $25^{\circ}C$에 7일간 배양하였다. 병원균의 균사 생장은 빠르며 균총의 색깔은 흰색에서 잿빛으로 변했다. 광학현미경으로 관찰한 분생포자는 회갈색의 타원모양에 격막이 하나 있으며 크기는 $20-31{\times}11-17{\mu}m$이다. 병원균의 ITS 영역, TEF와 TUB 유전자의 염기서열을 결합하여 근연종과 유연관계를 분석한 결과 Lasiodiplodia pseudotheobromae로 동정되었다. 이에 따라 장미에서 L. pseudotheobromae이 발생시키는 가지 썩음 증상을 장미 가지썩음병으로 명명하여 보고하고자 한다.