………………….. 2 1. Basal conidia up to 55 μm in length ………………………………………………. 4 2. Intercalary and terminal conidia up to 20 μm long, (7–)12–17(–20) × (1.5–)2(–2.5) Compound C μm ……………………………………………………………
S. henaniensis 2. Intercalary and terminal conidia longer than 20 μm ……………………………… 3 3. Basal conidia narrowly cylindrical, up to 2 μm wide, intercalary and terminal conidia (10–)12–25(–30) × (1.5–)2.5(–3) μm ………………. S. pomigena 3. Basal conidia narrowly cylindrical to obclavate, 2.5–3.5(–5) μm wide; intercalary and terminal conidia (22–)25–35(–43) × (2–)2.5(–3) μm ….. S. abundans 4. After 2 weeks on PDA, surface cream to white …………….. S. shaanxiensis 4. After 2 weeks on PDA, surface
leaden-black to leaden-grey in middle, surrounded by orange and leaden-black zones ………………………………. S. asiminae *Sporulating Trichostatin A on SNA in culture. Acknowledgements This work was supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (30771735), the 111 Project from Education Ministry of China (B07049), and Top Talent Project of Northwest A&F University. The authors thank the technical staff, A. van Iperen (cultures), M. Vermaas (photo plates), and M. Starink-Willemse (DNA isolation, amplification and sequencing) for their invaluable assistance. Thank you to Derrick Mayfield and Jennifer Blaser for technical assistance. Thanks are also extended to members of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Rize Branch, Turkey for their help during this study. Open Access This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Cyclin-dependent kinase 3 Attribution Noncommercial License which permits any noncommercial use,
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