Plant parasitic Asterinaceae and Microthyriaceae from the Neotropics (Panama) [Elektronische Ressource] / submitted by Tina A. Hofmann

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• Biologie

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• Publié par: goethe_universitat_frankfurt_am_main
• Publié le: 01 janvier 2009
• Nombre de lectures: 63
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 19 Mo

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Plant parasitic Asterinaceae and
Microthyriaceae from the Neotropics
(Panama)




Dissertation
for the degree as a doctor of sciences



The Faculty of Biological Sciences
at the
Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University



submitted by
Tina A. Hofmann
from Karl-Marx-Stadt

Frankfurt am Main
Germany
2009


















vom Fachbereich Biowissenschaften der Johann Wolfgang Goethe-
Universität als Dissertation angenommen



Dekan
Prof. Dr. Volker Müller

Gutachter
Prof. Dr. Meike Piepenbring
PD Dr. Roland Kirschner

Datum der Disputation
Table of contents

Table of contens .................................................................................... I-V

1 Introducion ......................................................................................................... 1
1.1 The bitunicate ascomycetes ........................................................................ 1
1.1.1 The ascomata .................................................................................. 1
1.1.2 The hamathecium ........................................................................... 3
1.1.3 The bitunicate ascus ....................................................................... 3
1.1.4 The ascospores ................................................................................ 5
1.1.5 Anamorphs of bitunicate ascomycetes ........................................... 5
1.1.6 Classification of bitunicate ascomycetes ........................................ 6
1.2. Asterinaceae, Microthyriaceae and other thyriothecioid ascomycetes ....... 7
1.2.1 Families of thyriothecioid ascomycetes ......................................... 7
1.2.2 Ecology ........................................................................................... 8
1.2.3 Morphology .................................................................................... 9
1.2.4 Life cycle of plant pathogenic Asterinaceae .................................. 15
1.2.5 Anamorphs of thyriothecioid ascomycetes .................................... 16
1.2.6 History of the classification of Asterinaceae and Microthyriaceae. 18
1.2.7 Molecular phylogenetic studies of thyriothecioid ascomycetes ..... 21
1.2.8 Thyriothecioid ascomycetes in Western Panama ........................... 21
1.3. Plant parasitic micromycetes of Panama (ppMP Project) 23
2 Material and methods ........................................................................................ 24
2.1 Field work in Western Panama ................................................................... 24
2.1.1 The country Panama ....................................................................... 24
2.1.2 Field work in Western Panama ....................................................... 25
2.2 Identification of host plants ........................................................................ 26
2.3 Fresh leaf material ....................................................................................... 29
2.4 Light microscopy 31
2.4.1 Reagents for light microscopy ........................................................ 31
2.5 Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) 32
2.6 Transmission electron micrscopy (TEM) ................................................... 32
2.7 Cultivation experiments .............................................................................. 33
2.7.1 Culture media ................................................................................. 33
2.8 Herbaria ....................................................................................................... 34
2.9 Molecular analysis ...................................................................................... 34
I Table of contents
2.9.1 Material used for molecular analysis .............................................. 34
2.9.2 Isolation of genomic DNA ............................................................. 34
2.9.3 PCR ................................................................................................. 38
2.9.4 DNA sequencing ............................................................................ 39
2.9.5 Analysis of sequence data .............................................................. 39
2.10 Drawings/Illustrations ................................................................................. 42
2.11 Abbreviations and symbols ......................................................................... 42
3 Results ................................................................................................................. 45
3.1 Collections .................................................................................................. 45
3.2 New species, records and illustrations ........................................................ 52
3.2.1 New species .................................................................................... 52
3.2.2 New records for Panama, Central America and the American
Continent ........................................................................................ 52
3.2.3 New records of host plants ............................................................. 54
3.2.4 New teleomorph-anamorph connections ........................................ 55
3.2.5 First-time illustrations .................................................................... 56
3.3 Taxonomy, morphology and discussion of species .................................... 57
3.3.1 Asterinaceae ................................................................................... 57
Asterina ....................................................................................... 60
Asterina cestricola 66
Asterina ciferriana ................................................................... 69
Asterina consobrina ................................................................. 73
Asterina corallopoda ................................................................ 76
Asterina davillae ...................................................................... 80
Asterina diplocarpa .................................................................. 87
Asterina diplopoda ................................................................... 92
Asterina ekmanii ....................................................................... 94
Asterina fuchsiae 97
Asterina gaiadendricola ........................................................... 99
Asterina manihotis..................................................................... 103
Asterina phenacis 106
Asterina radiofissilis ................................................................ 110
Asterina schlegeliae ................................................................. 115
Asterina siphocampyli .............................................................. 119
II Table of contents
Asterina sponiae ....................................................................... 123
Asterina stipitipodia with anamorph ........................................ 127
Asterina styracina .................................................................... 131
Asterina tonduzii with anamorph ............................................. 135
Asterina weinmanniae .............................................................. 139
Asterina zanthoxyli ................................................................... 142
Asterina sp. 1 ............................................................................ 145
Asterina sp. 2 150
Asterina sp. 3 153
Asterina sp. 4 158
Asterina sp. 5 163
Asterina sp. 6 166
Asterina sp. 7 ............................................................................ 169
Asterina sp. 8 174
Asterolibertia ............................................................................... 181
Asterolibertia licaniicola .......................................................... 183
Asterolibertia nodulosa ............................................................ 187
Asterolibertia sp. ...................................................................... 192
Asterostomella ............................................................................. 197
Asterostomella dilleniicola........................................................ 198
Cirsosia ....................................................................................... 202
Cirsosia splendida with anamorph ........................................... 204
Halbanina .................................................................................... 211
Halbanina sp. ........................................................................... 213
Mahanteshamyces ....................................................................... 218
Mahanteshamyces sp. ............................................................... 219
Prillieuxina .................................................................................. 223
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