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Molecular and phenotypic characterization of three phylogenetic species discovered within the Neofisicoccum parvum/N. ribis complex.
Mycologia - 1 Jan 2000
Pavlic Draginja, Slippers Bernard, Coutinho Teresa A, Wingfield Michael J
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Neofusicoccum parvum and N. ribis are closely related species whose identities often have been confused. These fungal plant pathogens were identified recently as the most abundant species of Botryosphaeriaceae (Ascomycetes) isolated from native Syzygium cordatum trees in South Africa. In another study using multiple gene genealogies from five nuclear loci three undescribed cryptic phylogenetic species as well as...
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