Diaporthe aff. arecae

Strain	14151
Classification	Diaporthales, Diaporthaceae, Diaporthe
Culture collection	processing
Detection frequency	Low
Figure	Fig. 1 5-day-old colony on PDA
Colonies	Colonies on PDA attaining 45-mm at 25 °C after 5 days, margins entire, cottony, initially white, turning yellowish brown from the center, reverse similar.
Note	Efforts have been made by culturing strain 14151 on PDA, OA, and WA. It failed to sporulate. Based on ITS sequence comparison, this strain is closely related to D. arengae CBS 114979 (97.4%) and D. arecae CBS 161.64 (97.39%)
Pathogenicity	Unknown
Specimens examined	Taiwan, Pingtung County, rice grains (cultivar Taiken 9), Aug 2014, Jie-Hao Ou, 14088
ITS	AACGCGCCCTAGGCGCACCCAGAAACCCTTTGTGAACTTATACCTTTTGTTGCCTCGGCGCATGCTGGCCTCTTAGTAGGCCCCCTGGAGACAGGGAGCAGGCACGCCGGCGGCCAAGTTAACTCTTGTTTTTACACTGAAACTCTGAGAAAAAACACAAATGAATCAAAACTTTCAACAACGGATCTCTTGGTTCTGGCATCGATGAAGAACGCAGCGAAATGCGATAAGTAATGTGAATTGCAGAATTCAGTGAATCATCGAATCTTTGAACGCACATTGCGCCCTCTGGTATTCCGGAGGGCATGCCTGTTCGAGCGTCATTTCAACCCTCAAGCATTGCTTGGTGTTGGGGCACTGCTTCTAACGAAGCAGGCCCTGAAATCTAGTGGCGAGCTCGCCAGGACCCCGAGCGCAGTAGTTAAACCCTCGCTCTGGAAGGCCCTGGCGGTGCCCTGCCGTTAAACCCCCAACTTCTGAAAATTTGACCTCGGATCAGGTAGGAATACCCGCTGAACTTAA