title: Molecular and Morphological Characterization of Endophytic Heterobasidion araucariae from Roots of Capsicum annuum L. in Korea.
abstract: A species of Heterobasidion was encountered during a diversity study of endophytic fungi from healthy root tissues of chili pepper (Capsicum annuum L.) in Korea. The fungal species (CNU081069) was identified as Heterobasidion araucariae based on phylogenetic analyses of the internal transcribed spacer and translation elongation factor gene sequences. Morphological descriptions of the endophytic isolate matched well with the previous references and supported the molecular identification. The fungus Heterobasidion araucariae CNU081069 is new to Korea.
authors.affiliation: Department of Agricultural Biology, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Chungnam National University, Daejeon 305-764, Korea.
authors.forename: Narayan Chandra
authors.initials: NC
authors.lastname: Paul
authors.forename: Jian Xin
authors.initials: JX
authors.lastname: Deng
authors.forename: Kyu Seop
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Shin
authors.forename: Seung Hun
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Yu