Verticillium alfalfae

Verticillium alfalfae is a fungus. It causes verticillium wilt in some plant species, particularly alfalfa. It produces yellow-pigmented hyphae and microsclerotia, while producing resting mycelium. It is most closely related to V. albo-atrum and V. nonalfalfae.^[1]

Verticillium alfalfae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Phylum:	Ascomycota
Class:	Sordariomycetes
Subclass:	Hypocreomycetidae
Order:	Hypocreales
Family:	Incertae sedis
Genus:	Verticillium
Species:	V. alfalfae
Binomial name
Verticillium alfalfae Inderbitzin et al., 2011

References

1. Idnurm, Alexander; Inderbitzin, Patrik; Bostock, Richard M.; Davis, R. Michael; Usami, Toshiyuki; Platt, Harold W.; Subbarao, Krishna V. (2011). "Phylogenetics and Taxonomy of the Fungal Vascular Wilt Pathogen Verticillium, with the Descriptions of Five New Species". PLOS ONE. 6 (12): e28341. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0028341. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 3233568. PMID 22174791.

Further reading

• Inderbitzin, Patrik, et al. "Identification and differentiation of Verticillium species and V. longisporum lineages by simplex and multiplex PCR assays." PLoS ONE8.6 (2013): e65990.
• Stajner, Natasa. "Identification and Differentiation of Verticillium Species with PCR Markers and Sequencing of ITS Region." Plant and Animal Genome XXIII Conference. Plant and Animal Genome.
• Inderbitzin, Patrik, and Krishna V. Subbarao. "Taxonomic challenges-molecular evidence for species and sub-specific groups in Verticillium." 11 th International Verticillium Symposium. 2013.
• Inderbitzin, Patrik; Subbarao, Krishna V. (2014). "Verticillium systematics and evolution: How confusion impedes Verticillium wilt management and how to resolve it". Phytopathology. 104 (6): 564–574. doi:10.1094/phyto-11-13-0315-ia. PMID 24548214.
• Tyvaert, L.; França, S.C.; Debode, J.; Höfte, M. (2014). "The endophyteVerticilliumVt305 protects cauliflower against Verticillium wilt". Journal of Applied Microbiology. 116 (6): 1563–1571. doi:10.1111/jam.12481. ISSN 1364-5072. PMID 24905219.

External links

• "Verticillium alfalfae" at the Encyclopedia of Life
• MycoBank