title: Aspergillus leaf spot of field bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis L.) caused by Aspergillus niger in China.
abstract: Leaf spot was found on field bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis L.) in Shihezi City, Xinjiang Province, China, during the summer of 2015. Pathogens were isolated from the infected leaves of field bindweed and identified as Aspergillus niger based on morphological and molecular analyses (internal transcribed spacer rDNA and β-tubulin gene). A pathogenicity test confirmed that Aspergillus niger caused the healthy leaves of field bindweed to become diseased. To our knowledge, this is the first report of field bindweed infected naturally by A. niger.
authors.affiliation: Northwest Inland Region Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology and Genetic Breeding (Xinjiang), Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Plant Protection, Xinjiang Academy Agricultural and Reclamation Sciences, No. 221 Wuyi Road, Shihezi, China.
authors.forename: Xuekun
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-4990-1999
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Institute of Cotton, Shihezi Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shimo Road, Shihezi, China.
authors.forename: Hui
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Xi
authors.affiliation: Northwest Inland Region Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology and Genetic Breeding (Xinjiang), Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Plant Protection, Xinjiang Academy Agricultural and Reclamation Sciences, No. 221 Wuyi Road, Shihezi, China.
authors.forename: Kejian
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.affiliation: Northwest Inland Region Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology and Genetic Breeding (Xinjiang), Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Plant Protection, Xinjiang Academy Agricultural and Reclamation Sciences, No. 221 Wuyi Road, Shihezi, China.
authors.forename: Zheng
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: Northwest Inland Region Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology and Genetic Breeding (Xinjiang), Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Plant Protection, Xinjiang Academy Agricultural and Reclamation Sciences, No. 221 Wuyi Road, Shihezi, China.
authors.forename: Yu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.affiliation: Northwest Inland Region Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology and Genetic Breeding (Xinjiang), Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Plant Protection, Xinjiang Academy Agricultural and Reclamation Sciences, No. 221 Wuyi Road, Shihezi, China.
authors.forename: Yan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.affiliation: Northwest Inland Region Key Laboratory of Cotton Biology and Genetic Breeding (Xinjiang), Ministry of Agriculture, Institute of Plant Protection, Xinjiang Academy Agricultural and Reclamation Sciences, No. 221 Wuyi Road, Shihezi, China.
authors.forename: Jing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhao
keywords: Aspergillus niger; Field bindweed; Internal transcribed spacer rDNA; Leaf spot; β-Tubulin gene