Penicillium ulaiense explained

Penicillium ulaiense is a plant pathogen that causes whisker mould.^[1] It is considered an important infection of citrus fruit, especially in packinghouses. P. ulaiense is a citrus postharvest pathogenic fungus described as a member of the serie Italica,^[2] together with P. italicum. In 1987, mycologists in Taiwan published a description of P. ulaiense.^[1] Authors familiar with green and blue moulds of citrus had mistaken the fungus for P. italicum and dismissed its unique features as variations due to particular environmental conditions.^[3] To date, P. ulaiense has been reported in Argentina, Arizona, Australia, California, Florida, Italy, New Zealand, South Africa, Taiwan, and Texas. In recent times, P. ulaiense has been reported in Egypt as a postharvest pathogen of orange fruit.^[4]

External links

• USDA ARS Fungal Database

Notes and References

1. Hsieh H. M., Su H. J. and Tzean S. S.. 1987 . The genus Penicillium in Taiwan. I. Two new taxa of synnematous Penicillium. Transactions of the mycological society of republic of China . Transactions of the Mycological Society of Republic of China . 2 . 2 . 157–168 .
2. Book: Frisvad, J.C. . Filtenborg O. . Lund F. . Samson R. A. . Samson . R.A. . Pitt . J.I. . Integration of modern taxonomic methods for Penicillium and Aspergillus classification . The homogeneous species and series in subgenus Penicillium are related to mammal nutrition and excretion. . 265–283 . Hargrove Academic Publishers . Amsterdam . 2000 . 978-90-5823-159-8.
3. Holmes G. J., Eckert J. W. and Pitt J. I. . 1993 . A new postharvest disease of citrus in California caused by Penicillium ulaiense . Plant Disease . 77 . 5 . 537 . 10.1094/PD-77-0537D.
4. K. Youssef . Y. Ahmed . A. Ligorio . A.M. D’Onghia . F. Nigro . A. Ippolito . 2010 . First report of Penicillium ulaiense as a postharvest pathogen of orange fruit in Egypt . Plant Pathology . 59 . 6 . 1174 . 10.1111/j.1365-3059.2010.02337.x. free .