Plant Pathology (2006) 55, 343-350

E. Mwenje, B.D. Wingfield, M.P.A. Coetzee, H. Nemato and M.J. Wingfield (2006)
Armillaria species on tea in Kenya identified using isozyme and DNA sequence comparisons
Plant Pathology 55 (3), 343-350
Abstract: The aim of this study was to identify seven Armillaria isolates obtained from diseased tea bushes in Kenya using pectic enzyme profiles, PCR-RFLP and IGS-I DNA sequence data. The combination of these identification methods confirmed the presence of three distinct Armillaria groups. One of these groups resembled Zimbabwean group I (A. fuscipes). The second group was phylogenetically closely related to A. mellea ssp. nipponica. The third group was different from all other African isolates examined, but had isozyme patterns, especially of pectin methylesterases (PMEs), similar to those of isolates related to A. mellea ssp. nipponica. Analyses of sequence data suggested that this group is phylogenetically closely related to A. hinnulea from Australia and New Zealand.
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Database assignments for author(s): Brenda D. Wingfield, Michael J. Wingfield

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.
	Armillaria (genus)	Tea (Camellia sinensis)	Kenya