Diaporthe

Diaporthe
Diaporthe damage on soybean plant
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Sordariomycetes
Order:	Diaporthales
Family:	Diaporthaceae
Genus:	Diaporthe Nitschke (1870)
Type species
Diaporthe eres Nitschke (1870)
Species
See text

Diaporthe is a genus of endophytic filamentous fungus plant pathogens.

Diaporthe species have been shown to transform the infection-inhibiting factors (+)-catechin and (-)-epicatechin into the 3,4-cis-dihydroxyflavan derivatives^[1]

Some species, like Diaporthe toxica, produce secondary metabolites that result in toxicoses of animals such as lupinosis of sheep.^[2].

Selected species

• Diaporthe arctii
  • Diaporthe arctii var. achilleae
• Diaporthe citri
• Diaporthe dulcamarae
• Diaporthe eres
• Diaporthe helianthi
• Diaporthe longicolla
• Diaporthe lokoyae
• Diaporthe medusaea
• Diaporthe melonis
• Diaporthe orthoceras
• Diaporthe perniciosa
• Diaporthe phaseolorum
  • Diaporthe phaseolorum var. phaseolorum
• Diaporthe rudis
• Diaporthe tanakae
• Diaporthe toxica

See also

• List of mango diseases

External links

• Diaporthe in Index Fungorum.

References

1. ^ Biooxidation of (+)-Catechin and (-)-Epicatechin into 3,4-Dihydroxyflavan Derivatives by the Endophytic Fungus Diaporthe sp. Isolated from a Tea Plant. Shibuya Hirotaka, Agusta Andria, Ohashi Kazuyoshi, Maehara Shoji and Simanjuntak Partomuan, Chem Pharm Bull, Vol.53, No.7, Pages 866-867(2005)
2. ^ P.M. Will. et al.