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Preliminary findings on Clarireedia species associated with dollar spot in turfgrass in Spain

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: Dollar spot is one of the most destructive diseases affecting turfgrass worldwide, impacting both warm‐ and cool‐season species. The causal agents were recently reclassified into a new genus, Clarireedia spp., with six species currently described. In this study, symptomatic plant samples were collected from C3 ( Poa annua ) and C4 ( Paspalum vaginatum ) turfgrass species from two golf courses in Spain and identified to species level based on the internal transcribed spacer region. Three isolates from C3 species were identified as Clarireedia jacksonii and three isolates from C4 species were identified as Clarireedia monteithiana . To our knowledge, this is the first report of C. monteithiana isolated from symptomatic turfgrass in Spain; however, pathogenicity tests are required to confirm the pathogenicity of these isolates.

Source: International Turfgrass Society research journal

DOI: 10.1002/its2.70028

Authors: J. Ordóñez, A. M. Pastrana, C. Borrero, D. Gómez, M. Avilés

Institutions: Universidad de Sevilla, University of California Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Spanish Association of Surgeons

Language: English

Topic: Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases

Subfield: Cell Biology

Field: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Domain: Life Sciences

Open Access status: bronze

OpenAlex ID: W4409845966

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