Ampelomyces quisqualis

Ampelomyces quisqualis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Subdivision: Pezizomycotina
Class: Dothideomycetes
Subclass: Pleosporomycetidae
Order: Pleosporales
Family: Phaeosphaeriaceae
Genus: Ampelomyces
Species: A. quisqualis
Binomial name
Ampelomyces quisqualis
Ces., 1852[1]
Synonyms

Cicinnobolus cesatii de Bary, 1870[2][3]

Ampelomyces quisqualis is an anamorphic fungus that is a hyperparasite of powdery mildews. This parasitism reduces growth and may eventually kill the mildew. A.quisqualis is used as the active ingredient in a commercial fungicide.[4][5]

References

  1. "Klotzchii Herbarium vivum Mecologicum etc. Centuria XVII cura Lud. Rabenhorst". Botanische Zeitung. 10: 301. 1852.
  2. de Bary, Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 7: 431 (1870)
  3. Cicinnobolus Cesatii, a Study in Host-Parasite Relationships. Chester W. Emmons, Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club, Vol. 57, No. 7 (Oct., 1930), pages 421-441, doi:10.2307/2480445
  4. http://www.rebeca-net.de/downloads/Ampelomyces%20AQ10%20Sergio%20Franceschini.pdf
  5. Ampelomyces quisqualis in the Pesticide Properties DataBase (PPDB)


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