Vol. 63 No. 4 (2008):
Articles

Characterisation of fungal endophytic communities of deciduous oak species in Southern Italy

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  • Elisa Boncaldo,
  • Giovanni Sicoli,
  • Francesco Mannerucci,
  • Nicola Luisi
Elisa Boncaldo
Dipartimento di Biologia e Patologia vegetale, Università degli Studi di Bari. Via G. Amendola 165/A, 70126 Bari, Italia
Giovanni Sicoli
Dipartimento di Biologia e Patologia vegetale, Università degli Studi di Bari. Via G. Amendola 165/A, 70126 Bari, Italia
Francesco Mannerucci
Dipartimento di Biologia e Patologia vegetale, Università degli Studi di Bari. Via G. Amendola 165/A, 70126 Bari, Italia
Nicola Luisi
Dipartimento di Biologia e Patologia vegetale, Università degli Studi di Bari. Via G. Amendola 165/A, 70126 Bari, Italia

Published 2008-08-24

Keywords

  • oak decline,
  • Quercus pubescens,
  • Quercus cerris,
  • endophytes,
  • isolation frequency

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Abstract

The results of a research on fungal endophyte composition in epigeous tissues of healthy and declining Quercus pubescens and Q. cerris trees are reported. The study was carried out during the vegetative season 2004 and concerned with four oak stands located in different regions of Southern Italy.
On the whole, 17 fungal taxa were detected, including potential pathogens, commensals and probable antagonists. The most spread pathogen was Discula quercina occurring in the tissues of both oaks species, more
specifically in buds, while other pathogens were Biscogniauxia mediterranea isolated from leaves and bark, and Diplodia corticola found in buds and in the bark. Aureobasidium pullulans was the most common fungus found associated mainly with leaves.
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