Lasiodiplodia species are well-known plant pathogens, causing fruit rot, stem-end rot and dieback on a wide range of hosts. They are characterized by hyaline or pigmented, aseptate or septate, thick-walled conidia, usually with longitudinal striations. In this study, Lasiodiplodia pseudotheobromae was found to cause leaf spots of Cynometra malaccensis in Thailand. Based on morphology and phylogenetic analyses of internal transcribed spacer regions (ITS) and translation elongation factor 1-alpha gene (TEF1-α), we identify the taxon as L. pseudotheobromae; it is the first confirmed record on Cynometra malaccensis in the world.
Congratulations, D Gomdola and co-authors!
