Identification of Cytospora (Cytosporaceae, Diaporthales) species associated with poplar and willow canker diseases in Xizang, China
Jiangrong Li, Yi Li, Yonglin Wang, Ning Jiang · 2026
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Jiangrong Li, Yi Li, Yonglin Wang, and Ning Jiang name, in a 2026 study, two new fungi that cause canker on poplar and willow trees in Xizang, China. The fungus genus, Cytospora, is rich in species and known for branch cankers on many hosts. Sick trees of a Tibetan poplar and a willow were sampled in the field. The team used a mixed path to name the fungi: shape traits by eye and scope, plus gene reads at five loci. Those reads place each find on the family tree of the genus, in set species groups.
Both finds proved new to science. One, Cytospora chayuensis, sits in the leucostoma group; the other, Cytospora sinopopuli, sits in the kantschavelii group. The work adds to the map of this genus in high lands. It also gives tree care staff a base for canker control there.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Jiangrong Li, Yi Li, Yonglin Wang, Ning Jiang |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 42 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |