02276naa a2200265 a 450000100080000000500110000800800410001902400270006010000140008724501240010126000090022550001040023452014800033865300100181865300140182865300230184265300140186565300120187965300080189165300100189965300090190970000140191870000130193277300650194510588342018-07-22       2018    bl uuuu     u00u1 u    #d7 a10.1111/jph.127262DOI1 aSESSA, L.  aDiversity of fungal latent pathogens and true endophytes associated with fruit trees in Uruguay.h[electronic resource]  c2018  aArticle history: Received: 19 January 2018 / Accepted: 3 June 2018 / First published: 25 June 2018.  aABSTRACT. We have explored the fungal diversity in asymptomatic twigs of apple, peach, pear and blueberry trees, with the objective of discerning between true endophytes and latent pathogens. Several fungal genera containing known bark pathogens were found. Seven Diaporthe species?D. oxe, D. infecunda, D. serafiniae, D. phaseolorum, D. terebinthifolii, D. foeniculina and D. brasiliensis?were identified, along with Botryosphaeria dothidea, Neofusicoccum parvum, Neofusicoccum australe, Cytospora sp., Cytospora acaciae and Pestalotiopsis spp. A pathogenicity trial was undertaken to determine the role of these species on apple, pear, blueberry and peach shoots. Diaporthe brasiliensis, D. foeniculina, Diaporthe inconspicua, D. terebinthifolii, Diaporthe sp.1, Cytospora-like isolates and Pestalotiopsis spp. isolates produced no lesions on inoculated shoots, suggesting that they could be considered true endophytes on their respective hosts. Meanwhile, some of the isolates of Diaporthe?D. oxe, Diaporthe sp.2, D. infecunda and D. serafiniae, B. dothidea, N. parvum and N. australe could be regarded as latent pathogens in their respective hosts as they produced sunken cankers and necrosis on inoculated shoots. These results demonstrate that apple, pear, blueberry and peach healthy shoots can host many known endophytic fungi along with potential wood disease-causing fungi that should be regarded as latent pathogens. © John Wiley & Sons, Inc. All rights reserved.  aAPPLE  aBLUEBERRY  aBOTRYOSPHAERIACEAE  aDIAPORTHE  aDISEASE  aITS  aPEACH  aPEAR1 aABREO, E.1 aLUPO, S.  tJournal of Phytopathology, June 2018, p.1-15. [First Online]