The Eucalyptus canker pathogen Holocryphia eucalypti on Eucalyptus in New Zealand

M. Gryzenhout; M. Vermeulen; M. Dick; M. J. Wingfield

doi:10.1071/DN10003

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The Eucalyptus canker pathogen Holocryphia eucalypti on Eucalyptus in New Zealand

M. Gryzenhout ^A ^D , M. Vermeulen ^B , M. Dick ^C and M. J. Wingfield ^A

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^A Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI), University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0002, South Africa.

^B Department of Microbiology and Plant Pathology, Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI), University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0002, South Africa.

^C Scion Research, New Zealand Forest Institute Ltd, Rotorua, New Zealand.

^D Corresponding author. Email: Marieka.Gryzenhout@fabi.up.ac.za

Australasian Plant Disease Notes 5(1) 5-8 https://doi.org/10.1071/DN10003
Submitted: 26 October 2009 Accepted: 7 December 2009 Published: 1 February 2010

Abstract

Holocryphia eucalypti is an opportunistic canker pathogen of Eucalyptus and Corymbia spp. (Myrtaceae, Myrtales) in Australia and South Africa. It is also known in Australia on Tibouchina trees (Melastomataceae, Myrtales). Using DNA sequence comparisons and morphological characterisation, we show for the first time that H. eucalypti is present in New Zealand on Eucalyptus spp.

Acknowledgements

Funding from the National Research Foundation (NRF), members of the Tree Protection Co-operative Program (TPCP), the THRIP support program of the Department of Trade and Industry, and the Department of Science and Technology/National Research Foundation Centre of Excellence in Tree Health Biotechnology, South Africa made this study possible.

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