Mycological Progress (2016) 15 (32) - Melampsora salicis-bakko, ...

Peng Zhao, Qing-Hong Wang, Cheng-Ming Tian, Qi Wang and Makoto Kakishima (2016)
Melampsora salicis-bakko, a new species on willows in Japan evidenced by morphological and molecular phylogenetic analyses
Mycological Progress 15 (32)
Abstract: Through the morphological and molecular examinations of Melampsora species on willows, we clarified the taxonomic identity of the rust specimens on Salix bakko, S. hultenii and S. leucopithecia from Japan and described the following rust fungus as a new species, Melampsora salicis-bakko. This rust fungus resembled M. caprearum in morphology of teliospores, but it differed from M. caprearum mainly in the density of spines on the urediniospores. Molecular phylogenetic analyses using the rDNA ITS region (complete ITS1, 5.8S rRNA gene and ITS2) revealed that M. salicis-bakko was monophyletic, and that this rust fungus was distinct from other Melampsora species, including M. caprearum.
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Database assignments for author(s): Chengming Tian, Qi Wang, Makoto Kakishima

Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
identification/taxonomy

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Melampsora salicis-bakko	Willow (Salix)	Japan