Comparative genomic analysis reveals contraction of gene families with putative roles in pathogenesis in the fungal boxwood pathogens Calonectria henricotiae and C. pseudonaviculata [PDF]
BMC Ecology and Evolution, 2022 Background Boxwood blight disease caused by Calonectria henricotiae and C. pseudonaviculata is of ecological and economic significance in cultivated and native ecosystems worldwide.
Layne W. Rogers +4 more
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Metagenomic sequencing for detection and identification of the boxwood blight pathogen Calonectria pseudonaviculata [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2022 Pathogen detection and identification are key elements in outbreak control of human, animal, and plant diseases. Since many fungal plant pathogens cause similar symptoms, are difficult to distinguish morphologically, and grow slowly in culture, culture ...
Shu Yang +5 more
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Differential Adaptation Has Resulted in Aggressiveness Variation of Calonectria pseudonaviculata on Hosts Buxus, Pachysandra, and Sarcococca [PDF]
Journal of Fungi, 2023 Calonectria pseudonaviculata (Cps) infects Buxus (boxwood), Pachysandra (pachysandra), and Sarcococca spp. (sweet box); yet, how it adapts to its hosts has been unclear.
Ping Kong +2 more
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Calonectria in the age of genes and genomes: Towards understanding an important but relatively unknown group of pathogens. [PDF]
Mol Plant Pathol, 2022 The taxonomy, population biology, pathology, and genomics of Calonectria, an important but relatively unknown group of pathogens of agricultural crops as well as forestry and ornamental trees, are reviewed. Abstract The genus Calonectria includes many aggressive plant pathogens causing diseases on various agricultural crops as well as forestry and ...
Li J, Wingfield MJ, Barnes I, Chen S.
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Widespread Occurrence of a CYP51A Pseudogene in Calonectria pseudonaviculata [PDF]
Mycobiology, 2020 Calonectria pseudonaviculata and C. henricotiae are two closely related fungal species responsible for boxwood blight disease of ornamental shrubs (Buxus spp.) in the U.S. and Europe.
Stefanos Stravoravdis +4 more
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Differential Tolerance to Calonectria pseudonaviculata of English Boxwood Plants Associated with the Complexity of Culturable Fungal and Bacterial Endophyte Communities [PDF]
Plants, 2021 Isolated boxwood endophytes have been demonstrated to effectively protect boxwood plants from infection by Calonectria pseudonaviculata (Cps). However, the roles of endophytes as communities in plant defense are not clear.
Ping Kong +3 more
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A Potent Burkholderia Endophyte against Boxwood Blight Caused by Calonectria pseudonaviculata [PDF]
Microorganisms, 2020 Calonectria pseudonaviculata (Cps) poses an increasing threat to boxwood, a major nursery crop and iconic landscape plant worldwide. Here, we report on a potent biocontrol agent that produces small sage green (SSG) colonies on potato dextrose agar.
Ping Kong, Chuanxue Hong
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Characterization of the Soil Bacterial Community from Selected Boxwood Gardens across the United States [PDF]
Microorganisms, 2022 In a recent study, we observed a rapid decline of the boxwood blight pathogen Calonectria pseudonaviculata (Cps) soil population in all surveyed gardens across the United States, and we speculated that these garden soils might be suppressive to Cps. This
Xiaoping Li +7 more
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Potential Distribution of Invasive Boxwood Blight Pathogen (Calonectriapseudonaviculata) as Predicted by Process-Based and Correlative Models [PDF]
Biology, 2022 Boxwood blight caused by Cps is an emerging disease that has had devastating impacts on Buxus spp. in the horticultural sector, landscapes, and native ecosystems. In this study, we produced a process-based climatic suitability model in the CLIMEX program
Brittany S. Barker +2 more
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Epidemiology of boxwood blight in western North Carolina and Virginia and evaluation of the boxwood blight infection risk model [PDF]
Scientific ReportsBoxwood blight, caused by Calonectria pseudonaviculata, is a highly invasive emerging disease. Since the first US report in North Carolina and Connecticut in 2011, boxwood blight has spread to over 30 US states, risking more than 90% of boxwood ...
Ihsanul Khaliq +4 more
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