Title: Revised Description of<i>Penicillium ulaiense</i>and Its Role as a Pathogen of Citrus Fruits
Abstract: Penicillium ulaiense causes whisker mold, a recently described post-harvest disease of citrus fruits. A new, more comprehensive description of the fungus and related taxonomic information are given. This description is based on examinations of the type isolate and 33 other isolates from citrus fruits in seven citrus-growing areas of the world. P. ulaiense was confirmed unique from P. italicum, the cause of citrus blue mold, by arbitrarilly primed polymerase chain reaction analysis and morphological criteria. P. ulaiense, P. italicum, and P. digitatum (the cause of citrus green:mold) showed similar temperature-growth relationships, but P. ulaiense grew more slowly. P. ulaiense was pathogenic but only moderately virulent to commercial varieties of citrus [...]
Publication Year: 1994
Publication Date: 1994-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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