Members of Diaporthe are known as plant
pathogens, endophytes or saprobes on a wide
range of host plants. Diaporthe species are wellknown as the causal agents of many important
plant diseases; including root and fruit rots,
dieback, stem cankers, leaf spots, leaf and pod
blights, and seed decay (Udayanga et al., 2011).
Diaporthe helianthi is the causal agent of one of
the most important diseases of sunflower
(Helianthus annuus) worldwide, and is also
listed in the Chinese quarantine directory
(Thompson et al., 2011). For plant pathologists,
studying of phytopathogenic Diaporthe spp. is
therefore particularly important to work on wide
range of plant diseases (e.g. grapes, sunflowers,
soybean, and various diseases associated with
ornamentals and forest trees). The taxonomy of
Diaporthe spp. has recently been reviewed in
several impactful studies (Udayanga et al., 2011;
Gomes et al., 2013).
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Author Name: Qin Yang; Xinlei Fan
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Keywords: Fungi, Diaporthe, Plant pathogens
ISSN: (Print) (ISSN 2537-0286), (Online) (ISSN 2537-0294)
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EOI/DOI: 10.21608/NRMJ.2018.5833
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