Mycological Progress (2015) 14 (101) - A morphological and molecular ...

Peng Zhao, Qing-Hong Wang, Cheng-Ming Tian, Qi Wang, Yuichi Yamaoka and Makoto Kakishima (2015)
A morphological and molecular survey of Japanese Melampsora species on willows reveals a new species and two new records
Mycological Progress 14 (101)
Abstract: During morphological and molecular phylogenetic studies of Melampsora species on willows, one novel species, Melampsora salicis-reinii sp. nov., and two new records, M. ribesii-viminalis and M. ribesii-purpureae, are described from Japan. Melampsora salicis-reinii on Salix reinii was characterized by its amphigenous telia and ellipsoid urediniospores with echinulate spines on a rugose surface. Phylogenetic results using the rDNA ITS region (complete ITS1, 5.8S rRNA gene and ITS2) supported morphological elucidation, and both morphological and molecular evidences supported M. salicis-reinii as a new species. In addition, M. ribesii-viminalis was identified on S. pet-susu and S. sachalinensis, and M. ribesii-purpureae was recognized on S. integra. These two Melampsora species were reported as new records in Japan for the first time.
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Database assignments for author(s): Chengming Tian, Qi Wang, Makoto Kakishima

Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
surveys/sampling/distribution

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Melampsora ribesii-purpureae	Willow (Salix)	Japan
	Melampsora ribesii-viminalis	Willow (Salix)	Japan