title: Fusarium sinensis sp. nov., a new species from wheat in China.
abstract: Two strains of Fusarium sinensis sp. nov. were isolated from the seeds and roots of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) in Shandong Province, China. They are superficially similar to F. dlaminii in producing fusiform-to-reniform and napiform microconidia and chlamydospores in almost the same size range as F. dlaminii. However the colonies and chlamydospores of F. sinensis resemble those of species in sections Roseum, Gibbosum and Discolor. Phylogenetic analysis of partial translation elongation factor 1alpha (EF-1alpha) sequence data indicates that F. sinensis is closely related to but distinct from the F. avenaceum/F. tricinctum/F. acuminatum species complex.
authors.affiliation: College of Plant Protection, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang 110161, Liaoning, The People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Zhi-hui
authors.initials: ZH
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Guo-zhong
authors.initials: GZ
authors.lastname: Lu
mesh_terms: D002681:China; D005656:Fungal Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D005670:Fusarium / Q000145:classification* / Q000166:cytology / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D020648:Peptide Elongation Factor 1 / Q000235:genetics; D010802:Phylogeny; D013172:Spores, Fungal / Q000166:cytology; D014908:Triticum / Q000382:microbiology*
chemical_list: D005656:Fungal Proteins; D020648:Peptide Elongation Factor 1