Geosmithia morbida

TaxID: 1094350

Basic Information

Geosmithia morbida

Thousand Cankers Disease

Geosmithia morbida is a mitosporic ascomycete fungus belonging to the order Hypocreales and the family Bionectriaceae. This fungus is recognized as the causal agent of Thousand Cankers Disease (TCD), a significant threat to walnut trees. The disease derives its name from the multitude of coalescing cortical cankers that develop around the entrance holes created by its insect vector, the walnut twig beetle (Pityophthorus juglandis). The relationship between Geosmithia morbida and Pityophthorus juglandis is symbiotic, with the beetle carrying the fungal conidia on its body and introducing them to healthy walnut trees as it bores through the bark. While the greatest damage is observed on black walnuts (Juglans nigra).

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Taxonomic Information

Eukaryota

Ascomycota

Sordariomycetes

Hypocreales

Bionectriaceae

Geosmithia

morbida

Undefined

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Morphological Features

No morphological description available.

Host Plants (15 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

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Quarantine Status (34 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

Country Status Year Added
Austria Present 2019
Belgium Present 2019
Bulgaria Quarantine pest ((EU) 2019/2072 Annex II B) 2019
Switzerland A1 list 2019
Chile A1 list 2019
Cyprus Quarantine pest ((EU) 2019/2072 Annex II B) 2019
Czechia Present 2019
Germany Present 2019
Denmark Present 2019
EPPO A2 Present —
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Distribution (8 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

3
Present
5
Absent
0
Unknown/Other
Country Status State
France Present —
Italy Present —
Lithuania Absent —
Netherlands Absent —
Slovakia Absent —
Slovenia Absent —
United States of America Present
United States of America Absent

Genomes (1 records)

Data source: NCBI.

Assembly Accession Assembly Level Genome Size(Mb) Contig N50(Kb) Scaffold N50(Kb) BUSCO% Downloads Actions
GCF_012550715.1 Scaffold 26 78 1305 -

Transcriptomes (3 records)

Data source: NCBI.

Run ID Tissue Developmental Stage Sex Read Count Location Actions
SRR36234711 - - - 75279748 USA: Fort Collins, Colorado
SRR36234710 - - - 59618990 USA: Fort Collins, Colorado
SRR36234709 - - - 60669649 USA: Fort Collins, Colorado

DNA Barcodes (0 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

No DNA barcode records available.

Literature