Biodiversity of Lecanosticta pine-needle blight pathogens suggests a Mesoamerican Centre of origin

Ariska Van Der Nest; Michael J. Wingfield; Paulo C. Ortiz; Irene Barnes

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Nikica Ogris, Rein Drenkhan, Petr Vahalík, Thomas Cech, Martin Mullett, Katherine Tubby (2023)
The potential global distribution of an emerging forest pathogen, Lecanosticta acicola, under a changing climate. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change 6: .

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Pedro Monteiro, Luis Valledor, Sonia Osorio, Álvaro Camisón, José Gabriel Vallarino, Aurelio Gómez-Cadenas, Julio Javier Díez, Glória Pinto, Pierluigi Bonello (2024)
Physiological, metabolic and hormonal responses of two Pinus spp. with contrasting susceptibility to brown-spot needle blight disease. Tree Physiology 44: .

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Colton D. Meinecke, Afaq M. M. Niyas, Elizabeth McCarty, Tania Quesada, Jason A. Smith, Caterina Villari (2024)
Searching the Pinus taeda Foliar Mycobiome for Emerging Pathogens Among Brown-Spot Needle Blight and Needlecast Outbreaks in the Southeast United States. Phytobiomes Journal 8: 512.

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P. Zhao, P.W. Crous, L.W. Hou, W.J. Duan, L. Cai, Z.Y. Ma, F. Liu (2021)
Fungi of quarantine concern for China I: Dothideomycetes. Persoonia - Molecular Phylogeny and Evolution of Fungi 47: 45.

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Nebai Mesanza, Mónica Hernández, Rosa Raposo, Eugenia Iturritxa (2021)
First Report of Mycosphaerella dearnessii, Teleomorph of Lecanosticta acicola, in Europe. Plant Health Progress 22: 565.

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Cheyenne A. Theron, Seonju Marincowitz, Carlos A. Rodas, Michael J. Wingfield, Irene Barnes (2022)
Lecanosticta pharomachri and Its Newly Discovered Sexual State Causing a Serious Needle Disease of Pinus spp. in Colombia. Plant Disease 106: 1935.

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Anh Tuan Hoang, Thanh Tung Lam, Hong Thuy Phan Thi, Hai Nguyen Thi, Hoang Phuc Pham, Ly Doan Thi, Duc Duy Ngo, Anh Duy Do (2025)
Identification of Nigrospora sphaerica and Curvularia lunata as causal agents of leaf spot disease in cantaloupe (Cucumis melo L.) in Southern Vietnam. Australasian Plant Pathology 54: 177.

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Nebai Mesanza, Irene Barnes, Ariska van der Nest, Rosa Raposo, Mónica Berbegal, Eugenia Iturritxa (2023)
Genetic Diversity of Lecanosticta acicola in Pinus Ecosystems in Northern Spain. Journal of Fungi 9: 651.

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Marina Marcet-Houben, Fernando Cruz, Jéssica Gómez-Garrido, Tyler S. Alioto, Juan Carlos Nunez-Rodriguez, Nebai Mesanza, Marta Gut, Eugenia Iturritxa, Toni Gabaldon, Cheng Gao (2024)
Genomics of the expanding pine pathogen Lecanosticta acicola reveals patterns of ongoing genetic admixture . mSystems 9: .

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K. Tubby, K. Adamčikova, K. Adamson, M. Akiba, I. Barnes, P. Boroń, H. Bragança, T. Bulgakov, N. Burgdorf, P. Capretti, T. Cech, M. Cleary, K. Davydenko, R. Drenkhan, M. Elvira-Recuenco, R. Enderle, J. Gardner, M. Georgieva, L. Ghelardini, C. Husson, E. Iturritxa, S. Markovskaja, N. Mesanza, N. Ogris, F. Oskay, B. Piškur, V. Queloz, K. Raitelaitytė, R. Raposo, M. Soukainen, L. Strasser, P. Vahalík, M. Vester, M. Mullett (2023)
The increasing threat to European forests from the invasive foliar pine pathogen, Lecanosticta acicola. Forest Ecology and Management 536: 120847.

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Nebai Mesanza, Rosa Raposo, Margarita Elvira‐Recuenco, Irene Barnes, Ariska van der Nest, Mónica Hernández, Maria Teresa Pascual, Iskander Barrena, Unai San Martín, Alejandro Cantero, Laura Hernandez‐Escribano, Eugenia Iturritxa, Marie‐Laure Desprez‐Loustau (2021)
New hosts for Lecanosticta acicola and Dothistroma septosporum in newly established arboreta in Spain. Forest Pathology 51: .

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Katarína Adamčíková, Zuzana Jánošíková, Slavomír Adamčík, Radovan Ostrovský, Katarína Pastirčáková, Marek Kobza, Emília Ondrušková (2021)
Host range, genetic variability, and mating types of Lecanosticta acicola in Slovakia. Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research 36: 325.

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Ki Woo Kim (2021)
Morphology and surface characteristics of the anamorphic stage of powdery mildew Erysiphe australiana on crape myrtle leaves. Micron 143: 103013.

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Nha Nguyen Thi, Thu Nha Nguyen Thi, Cam Nguyen Ho Thi, Minh Hop Trinh, Thanh Kiem Phan, Tu Binh Vo Thi, Thanh Diem Nguyen, Ngoc Nhi Vo Thi, Anh Duy Do (2024)
Isolation and Identification of Pathogenic Microorganisms Causing Post‐Harvest Disease of Garlic (Allium sativum L.) in Ninh Thuan Province, Vietnam. Journal of Phytopathology 172: .

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Kristina Raitelaitytė, Kalev Adamson, Svetlana Markovskaja, Algimantas Paulauskas, Martin Mullett, Rein Drenkhan (2023)
Genetic structure of the pine needle pathogen Lecanosticta acicola in Lithuania and northern Poland. Plant Pathology 72: 246.

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Quoc‐Duy Nguyen, Duy Hung Dang, Thanh Tuyen Nguyen Ngoc, Quoc Dang Pham, Vinh Lam Nguyen, Anh Duy Do (2024)
Identification of Pathogenic Fungi Causing Postharvest Disease of Banana Fruit (Musa acuminata Cavendish Subgroup) in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Journal of Phytopathology 172: .

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Funda Oskay, Marili Laas, Martin Mullett, Asko Lehtijärvi, Hatice Tuğba Doğmuş‐Lehtijärvi, Steve Woodward, Rein Drenkhan, A Santini (2020)
First report ofLecanosticta acicolaon pine and non‐pine hosts in Turkey. Forest Pathology 50: .

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Ariska van der Nest, Michael J. Wingfield, Dušan Sadiković, Martin S. Mullett, Benoit Marçais, Valentin Queloz, Katarina Adamčíková, Kateryna Davydenko, Irene Barnes (2023)
Population structure and diversity of the needle pathogen Dothistroma pini suggests human-mediated movement in Europe. Frontiers in Genetics 14: .

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Ariska van der Nest, Michael J. Wingfield, Josef Janoušek, Irene Barnes (2019)
Lecanosticta acicola: A growing threat to expanding global pine forests and plantations. Molecular Plant Pathology 20: 1327.

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Marili Laas, Kalev Adamson, Irene Barnes, Josef Janoušek, Martin S. Mullett, Katarína Adamčíková, Mitsuteru Akiba, Ludwig Beenken, Helena Braganca, Timur S. Bulgakov, Paolo Capretti, Thomas Cech, Michelle Cleary, Rasmus Enderle, Luisa Ghelardini, Libor Jankovský, Svetlana Markovskaja, Iryna Matsiakh, Joana B. Meyer, Funda Oskay, Barbara Piškur, Kristina Raitelaitytė, Dušan Sadiković, Rein Drenkhan (2022)
Diversity, migration routes, and worldwide population genetic structure of Lecanosticta acicola, the causal agent of brown spot needle blight. Molecular Plant Pathology 23: 1620.

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