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A re-examination of the vascular wilt pathogen of takamaka (Calophyllum inophyllum)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 December 1999

J. F. WEBBER
Affiliation:
Forest Research, Alice Holt Lodge, Farnham, Surrey, GU10 4LH, U.K.
K. JACOBS
Affiliation:
Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute, Faculty of Biological and Agricultural Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0002, Republic of South Africa
M. J. WINGFIELD
Affiliation:
Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute, Faculty of Biological and Agricultural Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0002, Republic of South Africa
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Abstract

The vascular wilt pathogen currently causing severe die-back and mortality of takamaka in the Seychelles has morphological and physiological characters inconsistent with its placement in Verticillium. Features of the pathogen warrant its transfer to Leptographium and Leptographium calophylli comb. nov. is proposed. L. calophylli is described in detail based on new collections.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
© The British Mycological Society 1999

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