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Curr Microbiol 2016 Apr 22;72(4):404-9. Epub 2015 Dec 22.

Department of Entomology, Plant Pathology, and Weed Science, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, 88011, USA.

The plant pathogen Embellisia astragali causes a disease termed yellow stunt and root rot in standing milk-vetch (Astragalus adsurgens). The genus Embellisia and 12 allied genera were redefined as being synonymous with Alternaria in 2013. However, that taxonomic revision did not include E. Read More

Lett Appl Microbiol 2015 Apr 15;60(4):372-8. Epub 2015 Feb 15.

College of Pastoral Agriculture Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, State Key Laboratory of Grassland Agro-ecosystems, Lanzhou, China; College of Biological Sciences and Engineering, Beifang University of Nationalities, Yinchuan, China.

Unlabelled: Embellisia astragali is an important seedborne pathogenic fungus responsible for yellow stunt and root rot of standing milk vetch (Astragalus adsurgens). The current detection methods that are based on culture and morphological identification are time-consuming, laborious and not always reliable. A PCR-based diagnostic method was developed with the species-specific primer pairs AatpF and AatpR designed from the sequence of the plasma membrane ATPase gene of E. Read More

Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2009 Mar 18;95(3):275-84. Epub 2009 Feb 18.

Key Laboratory of Grassland Agro-ecosystem, Ministry of Agriculture, College of Pastoral Agriculture Science and Technology, Gansu Ecological Research Institute, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China.

Embellisia astragali is a strong, virulent pathogen that develops within milk vetch (Astragalus adsurgens). In order to determine nutrient requirements, the fungus was cultured on 9 carbon sources, 9 nitrogen sources, and 13 growth media in the dark at 25 degrees C. Growth rates and sporulation capacity were measured after 4 and 12 weeks. Read More

Mycologia 2007 May-Jun;99(3):406-11

College of Pastoral Agriculture Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730020, China.

A new species, Embellisia astragali sp. nov., is described from necrotic leaves, petioles and stems of Astragalus adsurgens in China. Read More