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Genus of fungi From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Diaporthe is a genus of endophytic filamentous fungal plant pathogens.
Diaporthe | |
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Diaporthe damage on soybean plant | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Sordariomycetes |
Order: | Diaporthales |
Family: | Diaporthaceae |
Genus: | Diaporthe Nitschke (1870) |
Type species | |
Diaporthe eres Nitschke (1870) | |
Species | |
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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]