Identifying and Naming Plant-Pathogenic Fungi: Past, Present, and Future

Scientific names are crucial in communicating knowledge about fungi. In plant pathology, they link information regarding the biology, host range, distribution, and potential risk. Our understanding of fungal biodiversity and fungal systematics has undergone an exponential leap, incorporating genomic...

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Published in:Annual review of phytopathology 2015-01, Vol.53 (1), p.247-267
Main Authors: Crous, Pedro W, Hawksworth, David L, Wingfield, Michael J
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biodiversity
chromatography
classification
Code of Nomenclature
Crops, Agricultural - microbiology
DNA barcoding
Fungi - classification
Fungi - physiology
Genomics
genus
identification
molecular systematics
MycoBank
mycorrhizal fungi
phylogeny
Plant Diseases - classification
Plant Diseases - microbiology
Plant Pathology
polyphasic approach
polyphasic identification
polyphyletic nature
species concepts
systematics
taxonomy
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Summary:Scientific names are crucial in communicating knowledge about fungi. In plant pathology, they link information regarding the biology, host range, distribution, and potential risk. Our understanding of fungal biodiversity and fungal systematics has undergone an exponential leap, incorporating genomics, web-based systems, and DNA data for rapid identification to link species to metadata. The impact of our ability to recognize hitherto unknown organisms on plant pathology and trade is enormous and continues to grow. Major challenges for phytomycology are intertwined with the Genera of Fungi project, which adds DNA barcodes to known biodiversity and corrects the application of old, established names via epi- or neotypification. Implementing the one fungus-one name system and linking names to validated type specimens, cultures, and reference sequences will provide the foundation on which the future of plant pathology and the communication of names of plant pathogens will rest.
ISSN:0066-4286
1545-2107
DOI:10.1146/annurev-phyto-080614-120245