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Title: One stop shop: Backbones trees for important phytopathogenic genera

Author
item HYDE, KEVIN - Chinese Academy Of Sciences
item NILSSON, R. - Non ARS Employee
item ALIAS, S. - University Of Malaya
item ARIYAWANSA, HIRAN - Mae Fah Luan University
item BLAIR, JAIME - Franklin And Marshall College
item CAI, LEI - Chinese Academy Of Sciences
item DE COCK, ARTHUR - Central Office For Fungal Cultures (CBS)
item DISSANAYAKE, ASHA - Beijing Academy Of Agricultural Sciences
item GLOCKLING, SALLY - Non ARS Employee
item GOONASEKARA, ISHANI - Mae Fah Luan University
item GORCZAK, MICHAL - University Of Warsaw
item HAHN, MATTHIAS - Non ARS Employee
item JAYAWARDENA, RUVISHIKA - Beijing Academy Of Agricultural Sciences
item VAN KAN, JAN - Wageningen University
item LAURENCE, MATTHEW - The Royal Botanic Garden And Domain Trust
item LEVESQUE, C - Agriculture And Agri-Food Canada
item LI, XINGHONG - Beijing Academy Of Agricultural Sciences
item LIU, JIAN-KUI - Mae Fah Luan University
item MAHARACHCHIKUMBURA, SAJEEWA - Mae Fah Luan University
item MANAMGODA, DIMUTHU - Mae Fah Luan University
item Martin, Frank
item MCKENZIE, ERIC - Landcare Research
item MCTAGGART, ALISTAIR - Department Of Agriculture - Australia
item MORTIMER, PETER - Chinese Academy Of Sciences
item NAIR, PRAKASH - University Of Melbourne
item PAWLOWSKA, JULIA - University Of Warsaw
item RINTOUL, TARA - Agriculture And Agri-Food Canada
item SHIVAS, ROGER - Department Of Agriculture - Australia
item SPIES, CHRISTOFFEL - Agriculture And Agri-Food Canada
item SUMMERELL, BRETT - The Royal Botanic Garden And Domain Trust
item TAYLOR, PAUL - University Of Melbourne
item TERHEM, RAZAK - Wageningen University
item UDAYANGA, DHANUSHKA - Mae Fah Luan University
item VAGHEFI, NILOOFAR - University Of Melbourne
item WALTHER, GRIT - Hans-Knoll Institute
item WILK, MATEUSZ - University Of Warsaw
item WRZOSEK, MARTA - University Of Warsaw
item XU, JIAN-CHU - Chinese Academy Of Sciences
item YAN, JIYE - Beijing Academy Of Agricultural Sciences
item ZHOU, NAN - Chinese Academy Of Sciences

Submitted to: Fungal Diversity
Publication Type: Peer Reviewed Journal
Publication Acceptance Date: 7/16/2014
Publication Date: 9/17/2014
Citation: Hyde, K.D., Nilsson, R.H., Alias, S.A., Ariyawansa, H.A., Blair, J.E., Cai, L., De Cock, A.W., Dissanayake, A.J., Glockling, S.L., Goonasekara, I.D., Gorczak, M., Hahn, M., Jayawardena, R.S., Van Kan, J.A., Laurence, M.H., Levesque, C.A., Li, X., Liu, J., Maharachchikumbura, S.S., Manamgoda, D.S., Martin, F.N., Mckenzie, E.H., Mctaggart, A.R., Mortimer, P.E., Nair, P.V., Pawlowska, J., Rintoul, T.L., Shivas, R.G., Spies, C.F., Summerell, B.A., Taylor, P.W., Terhem, R.B., Udayanga, D., Vaghefi, N., Walther, G., Wilk, M., Wrzosek, M., Xu, J., Yan, J., Zhou, N. 2014. One stop shop: Backbones trees for important phytopathogenic genera. Fungal Diversity. doi: 10.1007/s13225-014-0298-1.

Interpretive Summary: The number of described species in the plant pathogen genus Phytophthora has essentially doubled in the past 10 years and is continually expanding. This manuscript provides some background on morphological taxonomy of the genus as well as suggestions on the use of molecular tools for species identification. An overview of the evolutionary relationships among the species is presented along with a discussion on the current approaches used in this type of analysis.

Technical Abstract: The number of described species in the plant pathogen genus Phytophthora has essentially doubled in the past 10 years and is continually expanding. This manuscript provides some background on the genus and discusses morphological features used for species identification. More contemporary means of species identification using molecular tools such as DNA sequence analysis is also discussed and references provided for publically available databases that can be used for this purpose. An overview of the phylogenetic relationships among the species is presented along with a discussion on the current approaches used in this type of analysis. The loci that have been sequenced for this analysis are discussed and suggestions made on which ones are the best to use for this purpose. Methods of analysis are also discussed with an emphasis on approaches to use to clarify the relationships among closely related species.