The Role of Setophoma terrestris in Pink Root Disease: New Insights and Host Range in Brazil
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Obtaining and Preserving Isolates
2.2. Total DNA Extraction
2.3. Amplification and Sequencing
2.4. Phylogenetic Analyses
2.5. Morphological Characterization of Setophoma terrestris
2.6. Pathogenicity
3. Results
3.1. Phylogenetic Analysis
3.2. Taxonomy
3.3. Pathogenicity Test
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Peixoto, G.H.S.; Silva, T.F.; Copati, L.F.; Reis, A.; Oliveira, V.R.; Lourenço, V., Jr.; Pinho, D.B. The Role of Setophoma terrestris in Pink Root Disease: New Insights and Host Range in Brazil. J. Fungi 2025, 11, 581. https://doi.org/10.3390/jof11080581
Peixoto GHS, Silva TF, Copati LF, Reis A, Oliveira VR, Lourenço V Jr., Pinho DB. The Role of Setophoma terrestris in Pink Root Disease: New Insights and Host Range in Brazil. Journal of Fungi. 2025; 11(8):581. https://doi.org/10.3390/jof11080581
Chicago/Turabian StylePeixoto, Gustavo Henrique Silva, Thais Franca Silva, Laura Freitas Copati, Ailton Reis, Valter Rodrigues Oliveira, Valdir Lourenço, Jr., and Danilo Batista Pinho. 2025. "The Role of Setophoma terrestris in Pink Root Disease: New Insights and Host Range in Brazil" Journal of Fungi 11, no. 8: 581. https://doi.org/10.3390/jof11080581
APA StylePeixoto, G. H. S., Silva, T. F., Copati, L. F., Reis, A., Oliveira, V. R., Lourenço, V., Jr., & Pinho, D. B. (2025). The Role of Setophoma terrestris in Pink Root Disease: New Insights and Host Range in Brazil. Journal of Fungi, 11(8), 581. https://doi.org/10.3390/jof11080581