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Biscogniauxia: a genus of latent invaders

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 March 2005

L. K. NUGENT ,
P. SIHANONTH ,
S. THIENHIRUN  and
A. J. S. WHALLEY
L. K. NUGENT
Affiliation:
School of Biomolecular Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, Byrom Street, Liverpool, L3 3AF, UKa.j.whalley@livjm.ac.uk. Tel: +44 (0)151 231 2162 Fax: +44 (0)151 207 4726
P. SIHANONTH
Affiliation:
Forest Economics and Forest Products Research Division, Royal Forest Department Chatuchak, Bangkok, 10900, Thailand.
S. THIENHIRUN
Affiliation:
Department of Microbiology, Faculty of ScienceChulalongkorn University, Bangkok, 10330, Thailand.
A. J. S. WHALLEY
Affiliation:
School of Biomolecular Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, Byrom Street, Liverpool, L3 3AF, UKa.j.whalley@livjm.ac.uk. Tel: +44 (0)151 231 2162 Fax: +44 (0)151 207 4726
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Abstract

The genus Biscogniauxia, a member of the family Xylariaceae, has a worldwide distribution with over 50 taxa recognised. Biscogniauxia mediterranea is well known as the causative agent of charcoal canker in cork oak and is a serious problem in Portugal. Other species also cause canker under specific conditions. There is good evidence that these species occur in healthy living trees as endophytes and then become invasive under water stress conditions. The ability of B. nummularia, B. nothofagi and B. uniapiculata to cause cankers in Fagus, Nothofagus and Eucalyptus respectively is reported here.

Keywords

Biscogniauxiacankerendophyteswater-stresslatent invasion
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Original Article
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Mycologist , Volume 19 , Issue 1 , February 2005 , pp. 40 - 43
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© 2005 Cambridge University Press

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