Research papers of the week – November 13, 2023

Katarzyna Patejuk; Paweł Czachura; Anna Baturo-Cieśniewska; Magdalena Owczarek-Kościelniak; Wojciech Pusz; Kamil Najberek; Marcin Piątek

Plant Pathology

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The boxelder maple (Acer negundo, Sapindaceae) is one of the most common tree species of the genus Acer natively growing in North America. In the 17th century, A. negundo was introduced to Europe as an ornamental plant, and from this time, it started an uncontrolled expansion into new territories, threatening local ecosystems. Fungal development on invasive alien species' seeds and pedicels was observed in 2017 and 2021 in the municipality of Wrocław (Poland), outside of the native occurrence of the host. Morphological analyses combined with multilocus phylogenetic analyses (internal transcribed spacer [ITS], gapdh, act, tub2, chs-1 and his3 sequences) showed that isolates belonged to a new species of Colletotrichum, from the rare C. agaves species complex. The name Colletotrichum acericola is proposed for this fungus. Based on comparisons with sequences from NCBI GenBank originating from prairie plants in the United States, it is likely that C. acericola is native to North America.

DOI:10.1111/ppa.13785

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