Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: Thirty‐seven turfgrass samples expressing dollar spot symptoms were collected in summer 2020 on golf courses in Sweden, Denmark, United Kingdom, Germany, Portugal, and Spain. The fungi were isolated at Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research (NIBIO) Turfgrass Laboratory (Norway) and sent for molecular identification using sequencing of regions of ITS (internal transcribed regions of the ribosomal DNA) and calmodulin. Clarireedia homoeocarpa was identified in four turfgrass samples and Clarireedia jacksonii was identified in 11 turfgrass samples. From seven turfgrass samples, the isolated fungi were not Clarireedia spp., but Waitea circinata , Fusarium culmorum , and Fusarium oxysporum . This suggests dollar spot is not always accurately identified from foliar symptoms in the field.
DOI: 10.1002/its2.70060
Authors: Tatsiana Espevig, Kristine Sundsdal, Victoria Stornes Moen, Kate Entwistle, Marina Usoltseva, Sabine Braitmaier, Daniel Hunt, Carlos Guerrero, Monica Skogen, Erik Lysøe
Language: English
Subfield: Cell Biology
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W4410550801