Corynespora cassiicola
| Authors |
Corynespora cassiicola (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) C.T. Wei 1950 |
| Strain |
14137 |
| Classification |
Pleosporales, Corynesporascaceae, Corynespora |
| Detection frequency |
Low |
| Figure |
 Fig. 1 a, b. Conidia. c,d. Conidiophores (Bars= 5 μm, unless otherwise specified) |
| Conidiophores |
Conidiophores erect, simple, straight or flexuose, olivaceous brown, with percurrent proliferation, up to 500 μm long, 3–7 μm wide |
| Conidiogenous cells |
Conidiogenous cells integrated, terminal. |
| Conidia |
Conidia solitary or in chain, obclavate or cylindrical, thick-walled, with distinctly thickened hilum at the base, with 3–7 distosepta, 20–90 × 6–9 µm. |
| Note |
This is a common pathogen affecting diverse plant hosts. |
| Pathogenicity |
Unknown. Mew & Gonzales (2002) has found Corynespora sp. on rice seeds, but not identified down to the species level. This species can be found on more than a hundred species of plants, including dicotyledons, monocots, and ferns (Farr, D.F., & Rossman, A.Y., 2020) |
| Specimens examined |
Taiwan, Taitung County, rice grains (cultivar Taitung 30), Oct 2014, Jie-Hao Ou, 14137 |
| ITS |
GCCCCCTTCGAGATAGCACCCTTTGTTTATGAGCACCTCTCGTTTCCTCGGCAGGCTCGCCTGCCAACGGGGACCCACCACAAACCCATTGCAGTACAAGAAGTACACGTCTGAACAAAACAAAACAAACTATTTACAACTTTCAACAACGGATCTCTTGGTTCTGGCATCGATGAAGAACGCAGCGAAATGCGATAAGTAGTGTGAATTGCAGAATTCAGTGAATCATCGAATCTTTGAACGCACATTGCGCCCTTTGGTATTCCTTAGGGCATGCCTGTTCGAGCGTCATTTCAACCCTCAAGCCTAGCTTGGTGTTGGGCGTCTGTCCCGCCTCCGCGCGCCTGGACTCGCCTCAAAAGCATTGGCGGCCGGTTCCCAGCAGGCCACGAGCGCAGCAGAGCAAGCGCTGAAGTGGCTGCGGGTCGGCACACCATGAGCCCCCCCACACCAGAATTTTGACCTCGGATCAGGTAGGGATACCCGCTGAACTTAA |