Standardizing the nomenclature for clonal lineages of the sudden oak death pathogen, Phytophthora ramorum

Niklaus J. Grünwald, Erica M. Goss, Kelly Ivors, Matteo Garbelotto, Frank N. Martin, Simone Prospero, Everett Hansen, Peter J.M. Bonants, Richard C. Hamelin, Gary Chastagner, Sabine Werres, David M. Rizzo, Gloria Abad, Paul Beales, Guillaume J. Bilodeau, Cheryl L. Blomquist, Clive Brasier, Stephan C. Brière, Anne Chandelier, Jennifer M. DavidsonSandra Denman, Marianne Elliott, Susan J. Frankel, Ellen M. Goheen, Hans De Gruyter, Kurt Heungens, Delano James, Alan Kanaskie, Michael G. McWilliams, Willem Man in 't Veld, Eduardo Moralejo, Nancy K. Osterbauer, Mary E. Palm, Jennifer L. Parke, Ana Maria Perez Sierra, Simon F. Shamoun, Nina Shishkoff, Paul W. Tooley, Anna Maria Vettraino, Joan Webber, Timothy L. Widmer

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Abstract

Phytophthora ramorum, the causal agent of sudden oak death and ramorum blight, is known to exist as three distinct clonal lineages which can only be distinguished by performing molecular marker-based analyses. However, in the recent literature there exists no consensus on naming of these lineages. Here we propose a system for naming clonal lineages of P.ramorum based on a consensus established by the P. ramorum research community. Clonal lineages are named with a two letter identifier for the continent on which they were first found (e.g., NA = North America; EU = Europe) followed by a number indicating order of appearance.Clonal lineages known to date are designated NA1 (mating type: A2; distribution: North America; environment: forest and nurseries), NA2 (A2; North America; nurseries), and EU1 (predominantly A1, rarely A2; Europe and North America; nurseries and gardens). It is expected that novel lineages or new variants within the existing three clonal lineages could in time emerge.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)792-795
Number of pages4
JournalPHYTOPATHOLOGY
Volume99
Issue number7
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 2009

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Agronomy and Crop Science
  • Plant Science

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