Venturia effusa is a sexual[1] species in the fungal genus Venturia.[2] Venturia effusa was first described in 1885.[3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Dothideomycetes |
| Order: | Pleosporales |
| Family: | Venturiaceae |
| Genus: | Venturia |
| Species: | V. effusa
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| Venturia effusa (G. Winter)
Rossman & W.C. Allen | |
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Venturia effusa is a fungal pathogen of pecan trees (Carya illinoinensis), on which it causes pecan scab. The fungus is highly pathogenic and causes substantial economic losses throughout the southeastern United States.
Genome edit
The complete genome sequence of Venturia effusa, the first complete genome sequence of any species in the genus Venturia, was reported in 2019. The 45 Mb genome comprises 20 chromosomes, ranging from 0.56 to 4.1 Mb, including approximately 10,800 genes.[2]
References edit
- ^ Young, Carolyn A.; Bock, Clive H.; Charlton, Nikki D.; Mattupalli, Chakradhar; Krom, Nick; Bowen, Joanna K.; Templeton, Matthew; Plummer, Kim M.; Wood, Bruce W. (2018). "Evidence for sexual reproduction: identification, frequency, and spatial distribution of Venturia effusa (pecan scab) mating type idiomorphs". Phytopathology. 108 (7): 837–846. doi:10.1094/PHYTO-07-17-0233-R. hdl:2292/45822. ISSN 0031-949X. PMID 29381450.
- ^ a b Winter, David J.; Charlton, Nikki D.; Krom, Nick; Shiller, Jason; Bock, Clive H.; Cox, Murray P.; Young, Carolyn A. (2020). "Chromosome-level reference genome of Venturia effusa, causative agent of pecan scab". Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions. 33 (2): 149–152. doi:10.1094/MPMI-08-19-0236-A. ISSN 0894-0282. PMID 31631770.
- ^ Rossman, Amy Y.; Allen, W. Cavan; Castlebury, Lisa A. (2016). "New combinations of plant-associated fungi resulting from the change to one name for fungi". IMA Fungus. 7 (1): 1–7. doi:10.5598/imafungus.2016.07.01.01. ISSN 2210-6359. PMC 4941680. PMID 27433437.