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Biscogniauxia mediterranea associated with cork oak (Quercus suber) in Tunisia: Relationships between phenotypic variation, genetic diversity and ecological factors

I. Yangui,M. Zouaoui Boutiti,A. Vettraino,N. Bruni,A. Vannini,M. L. Ben Jamâa,M. Boussaid,C. Messaoud

Published 2019 in Fungal ecology

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Abstract Biscogniauxia mediterranea is a xylariaceous ascomycete responsible for ‘charcoal disease’, the most frequent disease of cork oak in the Mediterranean basin. However, little is known regarding this fungus in North Africa. This is the first report on the morphological and genetic diversity of B. mediterranea populations in Tunisia. A total of forty-eight isolates from cork oak trees, corresponding to three different sites and three tree parts, were identified as B. mediterranea based on morphological and molecular diagnosis. Variability among the isolates was evaluated using morphological traits and microsatellite-primed PCR (MSP-PCR). B. mediterranea isolates showed high variability in culture, specifically in colony color. A high level of genetic diversity within populations and within tree parts was detected (H = 0.417, I = 0.605, and H = 0.415, I = 0.601 respectively). Significant genetic differentiation among populations (GST = 0.116 and ΦST = 0.137; p

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