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Diaporthe
Diaporthe damage on soybean plant
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Sordariomycetes
Order: Diaporthales
Family: Diaporthaceae
Genus: Diaporthe
Nitschke (1870)
Type species
Diaporthe eres
Nitschke (1870)
Species

See text

Diaporthe is a genus of endophytic filamentous fungal plant pathogens.

Diaporthe species have been shown to transform the infection-inhibiting factors (+)-catechin and (−)-epicatechin into the 3,4-cis-dihydroxyflavan derivatives.[1]

Some species, like Diaporthe toxica, produce secondary metabolites that result in toxicoses of animals such as lupinosis of sheep.[2]

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Selected species

Selected species

  • Diaporthe abdita
  • Diaporthe aberrans
  • Diaporthe abutilonis
  • Diaporthe acaciae
  • Diaporthe acaciigena
  • Diaporthe acerina
  • Diaporthe actinidiae
  • Diaporthe aculeata
  • Diaporthe acus
  • Diaporthe adunca
  • Diaporthe aesculicola
  • Diaporthe aetoxici
  • Diaporthe affinis
  • Diaporthe aggerum
  • Diaporthe ahmadii
  • Diaporthe ailanthi
    • Diaporthe ailanthi var. ailanthi
    • Diaporthe ailanthi var. megacera
  • Diaporthe ailanthicola
  • Diaporthe albocincta
  • Diaporthe aliena
  • Diaporthe alleghaniensis
  • Diaporthe alnea
  • Diaporthe amaranthi
  • Diaporthe ambiens
  • Diaporthe americana
  • Diaporthe amorphae
  • Diaporthe androsaemi
  • Diaporthe angelicae
  • Diaporthe anisomera
  • Diaporthe annonae
  • Diaporthe antarctica
  • Diaporthe aorista
  • Diaporthe apiculosa
  • Diaporthe apocrypta
  • Diaporthe appendiculata
  • Diaporthe araliae
  • Diaporthe arctii
    • Diaporthe arctii var. arctii
  • Diaporthe artospora
  • Diaporthe asclepiadis
  • Diaporthe asparagi
  • Diaporthe asphodeli
  • Diaporthe asteriscina
  • Diaporthe astrostoma
  • Diaporthe atropuncta
  • Diaporthe aucubae
  • Diaporthe australafricana
  • Diaporthe australis
  • Diaporthe austroamericana
  • Diaporthe baccharidis
    • Diaporthe baccharidis var. baccharidis
    • Diaporthe baccharidis var. gallica
  • Diaporthe bakeri
  • Diaporthe bambusae
  • Diaporthe baptisiae
  • Diaporthe batatas
  • Diaporthe beckhausii
  • Diaporthe beilharziae
  • Diaporthe berlesiana
  • Diaporthe bicincta
  • Diaporthe biglobosa
  • Diaporthe binoculata
    • Diaporthe binoculata var. binoculata
    • Diaporthe binoculata var. clethrae
    • Diaporthe binoculata var. magnoliae-acuminata
  • Diaporthe boehmeriae
  • Diaporthe bonafidii
  • Diaporthe brachystoma
  • Diaporthe brenckleana
  • Diaporthe brenkleana
  • Diaporthe briardiana
  • Diaporthe broussonetiae
  • Diaporthe buxi
  • Diaporthe callicarpae
  • Diaporthe calosphaeriodes
  • Diaporthe calosphaerioides
  • Diaporthe camelliae
  • Diaporthe canina
  • Diaporthe capsici
  • Diaporthe caraganae
  • Diaporthe carpini
    • Diaporthe carpini f. carpini
    • Diaporthe carpini f. sordida
    • Diaporthe carpini var. carpini
    • Diaporthe carpini var. quercina
  • Diaporthe carpinigera
  • Diaporthe caryigena
  • Diaporthe castaneti
  • Diaporthe castrensis
  • Diaporthe castriformis
  • Diaporthe casuarinae
  • Diaporthe catalpae
  • Diaporthe catamarcensis
  • Diaporthe ceanothi
  • Diaporthe celastrina
  • Diaporthe celata
  • Diaporthe centrophylli
  • Diaporthe cercophora
  • Diaporthe cestri
  • Diaporthe chailletii
    • Diaporthe chailletii var. chailletii
    • Diaporthe chailletii var. molleri
  • Diaporthe chamaeropina
  • Diaporthe characiae
  • Diaporthe chionanthi
  • Diaporthe chrysoides
  • Diaporthe ciliata
  • Diaporthe cinerascens
  • Diaporthe circumscripta
  • Diaporthe citri
  • Diaporthe citrincola
  • Diaporthe claviceps
  • Diaporthe clerodendri
  • Diaporthe coemansii
  • Diaporthe coffeae
  • Diaporthe colletiae
  • Diaporthe colletiicola
  • Diaporthe columbiensis
  • Diaporthe compressa
  • Diaporthe comptoniae
    • Diaporthe comptoniae var. berolinensis
    • Diaporthe comptoniae var. comptoniae
  • Diaporthe concrescens
  • Diaporthe coneglanensis
  • Diaporthe congener
  • Diaporthe congesta
  • Diaporthe conigena
  • Diaporthe conjucta
  • Diaporthe conjuncta
  • Diaporthe conradii
  • Diaporthe convexa
  • Diaporthe corallodendri
  • Diaporthe coramblicola
  • Diaporthe corni
  • Diaporthe cornicola
    • Diaporthe cornicola var. acuta
    • Diaporthe cornicola var. cornicola
  • Diaporthe coronillae
  • Diaporthe corymbosa
  • Diaporthe crassiuscula
  • Diaporthe crataegi
  • Diaporthe crinigera
  • Diaporthe crotalariae
  • Diaporthe crustosa
  • Diaporthe cryptica
  • Diaporthe culta
  • Diaporthe cupulata
  • Diaporthe curvatispora
  • Diaporthe cydoniae
  • Diaporthe cydoniicola
  • Diaporthe cylindrospora
  • Diaporthe cynaroidis
  • Diaporthe dakotensis
  • Diaporthe decipiens
  • Diaporthe decorticans
  • Diaporthe delitescens
  • Diaporthe delogneana
  • Diaporthe demissa
  • Diaporthe densa
  • Diaporthe densissima
  • Diaporthe desmazieri
    • Diaporthe desmazieri var. desmazieri
    • Diaporthe desmazieri var. melampyri
  • Diaporthe desmodiana
  • Diaporthe desmodii
  • Diaporthe detrusa
  • Diaporthe dichaenoides
  • Diaporthe dickiae
  • Diaporthe didymelloides
  • Diaporthe difficilior
  • Diaporthe digitifera
    • Diaporthe digitifera var. digitifera
    • Diaporthe digitifera var. lignicola
  • Diaporthe diospyri
  • Diaporthe dircae
  • Diaporthe disputata
    • Diaporthe disputata var. disputata
    • Diaporthe disputata var. ulmi
  • Diaporthe disseminata
  • Diaporthe dolosa
  • Diaporthe dorycnea
  • Diaporthe dorycnii
  • Diaporthe drimydis
  • Diaporthe dryophila
  • Diaporthe dubia
  • Diaporthe dulcamarae
  • Diaporthe eburensis
  • Diaporthe elaeagni
    • Diaporthe elaeagni var. americana
    • Diaporthe elaeagni var. elaeagni
  • Diaporthe elephantina
  • Diaporthe ellisii
  • Diaporthe epilobii
  • Diaporthe epimicta
  • Diaporthe eres
  • Diaporthe eucalypti
  • Diaporthe eucalypticola
  • Diaporthe eumorpha
  • Diaporthe euonymi
  • Diaporthe euryala
  • Diaporthe euspina
  • Diaporthe eusticha
  • Diaporthe exercitalis
  • Diaporthe exiguistroma
  • Diaporthe extorris
  • Diaporthe extranea
  • Diaporthe faberi
  • Diaporthe fagi
    • Diaporthe fagi var. fagi
    • Diaporthe fagi var. longispora
  • Diaporthe fallaciosa
  • Diaporthe farinosa
  • Diaporthe fasciculata
    • Diaporthe fasciculata f. albizzia
    • Diaporthe fasciculata f. fasciculata
    • Diaporthe fasciculata var. fasciculata
    • Diaporthe fasciculata var. meliloti
  • Diaporthe feltgenii
    • Diaporthe feltgenii var. cydoniae
    • Diaporthe feltgenii var. feltgenii
  • Diaporthe fibrosa
  • Diaporthe flageoletiana
  • Diaporthe floresiana
  • Diaporthe floridana
  • Diaporthe foeniculacea
  • Diaporthe forabilis
    • Diaporthe forabilis f. acervata
    • Diaporthe forabilis f. forabilis
  • Diaporthe fraxini-angustifoliae
  • Diaporthe fuchsiae
  • Diaporthe fuckelii
  • Diaporthe fuegiana
  • Diaporthe furfuracea
  • Diaporthe fusispora
  • Diaporthe galligena
  • Diaporthe gallophila
  • Diaporthe garryae
  • Diaporthe genistae
  • Diaporthe geographica
  • Diaporthe geranii
  • Diaporthe gillesiana
  • Diaporthe gladioli
  • Diaporthe glandulosa
  • Diaporthe gloriosa
  • Diaporthe gorgonoidea
  • Diaporthe grammodes
  • Diaporthe griseotingens
  • Diaporthe halesiae
  • Diaporthe hamamelidis
  • Diaporthe hederae
  • Diaporthe helianthi
  • Diaporthe helicis
  • Diaporthe hemicrypta
  • Diaporthe heveae
  • Diaporthe hickoriae
  • Diaporthe hippophaës
  • Diaporthe hircini
  • Diaporthe humboldtiana
  • Diaporthe hydrangeae
  • Diaporthe hypospilina
  • Diaporthe hypoxyloides
  • Diaporthe hystricula
  • Diaporthe idaeicola
  • Diaporthe ilicis
  • Diaporthe immaculata
  • Diaporthe immersa
  • Diaporthe immutabilis
  • Diaporthe importata
  • Diaporthe impulsa
  • Diaporthe inaequalis
  • Diaporthe incarcerata
  • Diaporthe incompta
  • Diaporthe incongrua
  • Diaporthe incrustans
  • Diaporthe indica
  • Diaporthe indigoferae
  • Diaporthe inflatula
  • Diaporthe innata
  • Diaporthe inornata
  • Diaporthe insignis
  • Diaporthe insularis
  • Diaporthe intermedia
  • Diaporthe interrupta
  • Diaporthe ipomoeae
  • Diaporthe italica
  • Diaporthe jaffueli
  • Diaporthe japonica
  • Diaporthe javanica
  • Diaporthe jeffueli
  • Diaporthe juglandina
  • Diaporthe juniperi
  • Diaporthe kalmiae
  • Diaporthe kellermaniana
  • Diaporthe kentrophylli
  • Diaporthe ketmiae
  • Diaporthe koelreuteriae
  • Diaporthe kokiae
  • Diaporthe kriegeriana
  • Diaporthe kunashirensis
  • Diaporthe kunzeana
  • Diaporthe kyushuensis
  • Diaporthe lagunensis
  • Diaporthe landeghemiae
    • Diaporthe landeghemiae f. deutziae-scabrae
    • Diaporthe landeghemiae f. landeghemiae
  • Diaporthe larseniana
  • Diaporthe laschii
  • Diaporthe lentaginis
  • Diaporthe leuceriicola
  • Diaporthe leucopis
  • Diaporthe leucosarca
  • Diaporthe leucostroma
  • Diaporthe leycesteriae
  • Diaporthe leyeesteriae
  • Diaporthe libera
  • Diaporthe ligulata
  • Diaporthe ligustri
  • Diaporthe ligustrina
  • Diaporthe ligustri-vulgaris
  • Diaporthe lineariformis
  • Diaporthe linearis
  • Diaporthe lirellaeformis
  • Diaporthe litchicola
  • Diaporthe lithraeae
  • Diaporthe lixivia
  • Diaporthe lokoyae
  • Diaporthe ludwigiana
  • Diaporthe lupini
  • Diaporthe lusitanicae
  • Diaporthe maclurae
  • Diaporthe macounii
  • Diaporthe macrospora
  • Diaporthe macrostalagmia
  • Diaporthe macrostoma
  • Diaporthe maculans
  • Diaporthe maculosa
  • Diaporthe magellanica
  • Diaporthe magnifica
  • Diaporthe magnispora
  • Diaporthe magnoliae
  • Diaporthe mahoniae
    • Diaporthe mahoniae f. foliicola
    • Diaporthe mahoniae f. mahoniae
  • Diaporthe mamiania
    • Diaporthe mamiania var. mamiania
    • Diaporthe mamiania var. valsiformis
  • Diaporthe manihotis
  • Diaporthe marchica
  • Diaporthe marginalis
  • Diaporthe mate
  • Diaporthe mattfeldii
  • Diaporthe mazzantioides
  • Diaporthe medusina
  • Diaporthe megalospora
  • Diaporthe melaena
  • Diaporthe melanocarpa
  • Diaporthe melongenae[3]
  • Diaporthe melonis
    • Diaporthe melonis var. brevistylospora
    • Diaporthe melonis var. melonis
  • Diaporthe mendax
  • Diaporthe menispermi
  • Diaporthe menispermoides
  • Diaporthe meridionalis
  • Diaporthe mezerei
  • Diaporthe microcarpa
  • Diaporthe micromegala
  • Diaporthe microplaca
  • Diaporthe microstoma
  • Diaporthe microstroma
  • Diaporthe milleriana
  • Diaporthe minastri
  • Diaporthe minuscula
  • Diaporthe minuta
  • Diaporthe mitis
  • Diaporthe mori
  • Diaporthe moriokaensis
  • Diaporthe mucosa
  • Diaporthe mucronata
  • Diaporthe mucronulata
  • Diaporthe muehlenbeckiae
  • Diaporthe multipunctata
  • Diaporthe muralis
  • Diaporthe murrayi
  • Diaporthe musae
  • Diaporthe musigena
  • Diaporthe myinda
  • Diaporthe neapolitana
  • Diaporthe neilliae
  • Diaporthe neotheicola
  • Diaporthe nepetae
  • Diaporthe nerii
  • Diaporthe niessliana
  • Diaporthe nigrella
  • Diaporthe nigricolor
  • Diaporthe nigroannulata
  • Diaporthe nigrocincta
  • Diaporthe nitschkei
  • Diaporthe nivosa
  • Diaporthe nobilis
  • Diaporthe nodosa
  • Diaporthe nomurai
  • Diaporthe nothofagi
  • Diaporthe nucis-avellanae
  • Diaporthe oblita
  • Diaporthe obsoleta
  • Diaporthe occidentalis
  • Diaporthe occultata
  • Diaporthe ocularia
  • Diaporthe oligocarpa
  • Diaporthe oligocarpoides
  • Diaporthe oncostoma
  • Diaporthe ontariensis
  • Diaporthe opuli
  • Diaporthe orientalis
  • Diaporthe orobanches
  • Diaporthe orthoceras
    • Diaporthe orthoceras f. achilleae
    • Diaporthe orthoceras f. helianthi
    • Diaporthe orthoceras f. orthoceras
    • Diaporthe orthoceras var. decidua
    • Diaporthe orthoceras var. orthoceras
  • Diaporthe ostryigena
  • Diaporthe otthii
  • Diaporthe oudemansii
  • Diaporthe oxyspora
  • Diaporthe pachystoma
  • Diaporthe padicola
  • Diaporthe palmarum
  • Diaporthe palustris
  • Diaporthe pampeana
  • Diaporthe pandanicola
  • Diaporthe parabolica
  • Diaporthe pardalota
  • Diaporthe parvula
  • Diaporthe pascoei
  • Diaporthe patagonulae
  • Diaporthe paulula
  • Diaporthe peckiana
  • Diaporthe peckii
  • Diaporthe pennsylvanica
  • Diaporthe perexigua
  • Diaporthe perjuncta
  • Diaporthe perniciosa
    • Diaporthe perniciosa f. perniciosa
  • Diaporthe personata
  • Diaporthe petiolarum
  • Diaporthe petiolorum
  • Diaporthe petrakiana
  • Diaporthe phaceliae
  • Diaporthe phaseolorum
  • Diaporthe phillyreae
  • Diaporthe phoenicis
  • Diaporthe pholeodes
  • Diaporthe picea
  • Diaporthe pimeleae
  • Diaporthe pinastri
  • Diaporthe pinicola
  • Diaporthe pinophylla
  • Diaporthe pithya
  • Diaporthe placoides
  • Diaporthe plantaginis
  • Diaporthe platasca
  • Diaporthe polygoni
  • Diaporthe polygonicola
  • Diaporthe pratensis
  • Diaporthe prenanthicola
  • Diaporthe priva
  • Diaporthe pruni
  • Diaporthe prunicola
  • Diaporthe psoraleae-bituminosae
  • Diaporthe pteleae
  • Diaporthe pulchella
  • Diaporthe pulchra
  • Diaporthe pulla
  • Diaporthe punctostoma
  • Diaporthe punctulata
  • Diaporthe pungens
  • Diaporthe pusilla
  • Diaporthe pustulata
  • Diaporthe putator
  • Diaporthe pycnostoma
  • Diaporthe pyri
  • Diaporthe quadruplex
  • Diaporthe quercina
  • Diaporthe quilmensis
  • Diaporthe racemula
  • Diaporthe radicina
  • Diaporthe radula
  • Diaporthe raphani
  • Diaporthe recedens
  • Diaporthe recondita
  • Diaporthe rehmiana
  • Diaporthe resecanti
  • Diaporthe retecta
  • Diaporthe revellens
  • Diaporthe rhamnigena
  • Diaporthe rhanicensis
  • Diaporthe rhoina
  • Diaporthe rhois
  • Diaporthe rhusicola
  • Diaporthe rhynchophora
  • Diaporthe ribesia
  • Diaporthe ricini
  • Diaporthe rickholtii
  • Diaporthe robusta
  • Diaporthe rubiae
  • Diaporthe rudis
  • Diaporthe ryckholtii
  • Diaporthe saccardoana
    • Diaporthe saccardoana var. moravica
    • Diaporthe saccardoana var. saccardoana
  • Diaporthe sacchari
  • Diaporthe sachalinensis
  • Diaporthe salinicola
  • Diaporthe salicicola
  • Diaporthe salsuginosa
  • Diaporthe salviicola
  • Diaporthe samaricola
  • Diaporthe sambuci
  • Diaporthe santonensis
  • Diaporthe sarmenticia
  • Diaporthe sarothamni
    • Diaporthe sarothamni var. baccharidis
    • Diaporthe sarothamni var. sarothamni
  • Diaporthe scabra
  • Diaporthe scandens
  • Diaporthe scobina
  • Diaporthe scobinoides
  • Diaporthe sechalinensis
  • Diaporthe semi-immersa
  • Diaporthe semi-insculpta
  • Diaporthe seneciicola
  • Diaporthe seposita
  • Diaporthe sheariana
  • Diaporthe silvestris
  • Diaporthe simplicior
  • Diaporthe simulans
  • Diaporthe skimmiae
  • Diaporthe sociabilis
    • Diaporthe sociabilis var. sambuci
    • Diaporthe sociabilis var. sociabilis
  • Diaporthe sociata
  • Diaporthe solani-verbascifolii
  • Diaporthe sophorae
  • Diaporthe sorbariae
  • Diaporthe sorbicola
  • Diaporthe sordida
  • Diaporthe sparsa
  • Diaporthe spectabilis
  • Diaporthe sphaeralceae
  • Diaporthe sphendamnina
  • Diaporthe sphingiophora
  • Diaporthe spicata
  • Diaporthe spiculosa
  • Diaporthe spinosula
  • Diaporthe spinulosa
  • Diaporthe spiraeicola
  • Diaporthe spissa
  • Diaporthe sponheimeri
  • Diaporthe staphylina
  • Diaporthe stereostoma
  • Diaporthe stewartii
  • Diaporthe stictostoma
  • Diaporthe stilbostoma
  • Diaporthe striiformis
  • Diaporthe strumella
    • Diaporthe strumella var. pteleae
    • Diaporthe strumella var. pungens
  • Diaporthe strumellaeformis
  • Diaporthe subaquila
  • Diaporthe subcongrua
  • Diaporthe subcorticalis
  • Diaporthe subpyramidata
  • Diaporthe sydowiana
  • Diaporthe syngenesia
    • Diaporthe syngenesia f. nigricolor
    • Diaporthe syngenesia f. syngenesia
  • Diaporthe syngenisia
  • Diaporthe tageteos
  • Diaporthe take
  • Diaporthe talae
  • Diaporthe tamaricina
  • Diaporthe tami
  • Diaporthe tanakae
  • Diaporthe taxi
  • Diaporthe taxicola
  • Diaporthe tecomae
  • Diaporthe tecta
  • Diaporthe tenella
  • Diaporthe tenuirostris
  • Diaporthe terebinthi
  • Diaporthe tetraptera
  • Diaporthe tetraspora
  • Diaporthe teucrii
  • Diaporthe theicola
  • Diaporthe therryana
  • Diaporthe thujana
  • Diaporthe tiliacea
  • Diaporthe tillandsiae
  • Diaporthe tortuosa
  • Diaporthe toxica
  • Diaporthe transiens
  • Diaporthe transversalis
  • Diaporthe trecassium
  • Diaporthe trinucleata
  • Diaporthe triostei
  • Diaporthe tropicalis
  • Diaporthe tuberculosa
    • Diaporthe tuberculosa var. corymbosa
    • Diaporthe tuberculosa var. dispersa
    • Diaporthe tuberculosa var. tuberculosa
  • Diaporthe tulasnei
    • Diaporthe tulasnei f. galegae
    • Diaporthe tulasnei f. tulasnei
  • Diaporthe tumulata
  • Diaporthe tupae
  • Diaporthe uliginosa
  • Diaporthe ulmicola
  • Diaporthe utahensis
  • Diaporthe vaccinii
  • Diaporthe vacillans
  • Diaporthe valerianae
  • Diaporthe valida
  • Diaporthe valparadisiensis
  • Diaporthe valsiformis
  • Diaporthe varians
  • Diaporthe verbenae
  • Diaporthe verecunda
  • Diaporthe veronicae
  • Diaporthe verrucella
  • Diaporthe viburni
    • Diaporthe viburni var. viburni
  • Diaporthe vincae
  • Diaporthe viticola
  • Diaporthe wehmeyeri
  • Diaporthe winteri
  • Diaporthe woodii
  • Diaporthe woolworthii
  • Diaporthe woroniniae
  • Diaporthe xanthii
  • Diaporthe xanthiicola
  • Diaporthe yerbae
  • Diaporthe zaviana
  • Diaporthe zeina
  • Diaporthe ziziphina
  • Diaporthe zopfii

References

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