Harnessing the power of comparative genomics to support the distinction of sister species within Phyllosticta and development of highly specific detection of Phyllosticta citricarpa causing citrus black spot by real-time PCR

Citrus crops are affected by many fungal diseases. Among them, Citrus Black Spot caused by the ascomycete Phyllosticta citricarpa is particularly economically damaging wherever it occurs. Many other species of Phyllosticta are described on Citrus, but only P. citricarpa is considered a quarantine pe...

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Main Authors: Renaud Ioos, Alexandra Puertolas, Camille Renault, Aida Ndiaye, Isabelle Cerf-Wendling, Jacqueline Hubert, Wen Wang, Chen Jiao, Hongye Li, Josep Armengol, Jaime Aguayo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2023-10-01
Series:PeerJ
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Online Access:https://peerj.com/articles/16354.pdf