@ARTICLE{TreeBASE2Ref18894, author = {Monique Louise Sakalidis and Giles E. St. J. Hardy and Treena I Burgess}, title = {Endophytes and potential pathogens of the baobab species Adansonia gregorii; a focus on the Botryosphaeriaceae }, year = {2010}, keywords = {Lasiodiplodia theobromae, Neoscytalidium, Neofusicoccum, Pseudofusicoccum, tropical fungi, pathogenicity, tropical Australia, the Kimberley, latent pathogens.}, doi = {}, url = {http://}, pmid = {}, journal = {Fungal Ecology}, volume = {}, number = {}, pages = {}, abstract = {Adansonia gregorii (baobab) is an iconic tree species occurring in the north-west of Australia, A. gregorri is closely related to A. digitata, the African baobab. Dying baobabs have been reported from southern Africa. Surveys were conducted to assess the health of A. gregorii, to determine the endophytic microflora of A. gregorii and surrounding tree species and to determine if these endophytes have the ability to cause disease in A. gregorii. Endophytes were isolated from asymptomatic baobabs across twenty-four sites in the Kimberley region, north-west Australia. Material was also taken from surrounding native tree species at three sites. Material was also collected from asymptomatic and dying Adansonia species in the George Brown Darwin Botanic Gardens and from a dying baobab in a nursery in Broome. Endophytic fungi that were isolated from these samples were identified using molecular and morphological methods. Eleven botryosphaeriaceous species were identified along with eighteen other non- botryosphaeriaceous species, L. theobromae was the most common species. The pathogenicity of the botryosphaeriaceous species to baobabs was determined by inoculating the taproot of seedlings and stems of young baobab trees. L. theobromae is confirmed as a significant potential pathogen of baobabs} }

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