title: Description of Gibberella sacchari and neotypification of its anamorph Fusarium sacchari.
abstract: We described the teleomorph of Fusarium sacchari as Gibberella sacchari, sp. nov. This species can be separated from other species of Gibberella on the basis of the longer, narrower ascospores found in G. sacchari and by sexual cross fertility. Female-fertile mating type tester strains were developed that can be used for making sexual crosses with this heterothallic fungus under laboratory conditions. The anamorph, Fusarium sacchari, was neotypified.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plant Pathology, Throckmorton Plant Sciences Center Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas 66506-5502, USA. jfl@plantpath.ksu.edu
authors.forename: John F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Leslie
authors.forename: Brett A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Summerell
authors.forename: Suzanne
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bullock
authors.forename: Frank J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Doe
mesh_terms: D003433:Crosses, Genetic; D005670:Fusarium / Q000145:classification* / Q000166:cytology; D049770:Genes, Mating Type, Fungal; D005874:Gibberella / Q000145:classification* / Q000166:cytology; D008853:Microscopy; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D013172:Spores, Fungal / Q000166:cytology