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Publication Details
AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
agricultural and biological sciences
One fungus, one name: Defining the genus Fusarium in a scientifically robust way that preserves longstanding use
Phytopathology, Volume 103, No. 5, Year 2013
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Description
In this letter, we advocate recognizing the genus Fusarium as the sole name for a group that includes virtually all Fusarium species of importance in plant pathology, mycotoxicology, medicine, and basic research. This phylogenetically guided circumscription will free scientists from any obligation to use other genus names, including teleomorphs, for species nested within this clade, and preserve the application of the name Fusarium in the way it has been used for almost a century. Due to recent changes in the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants, this is an urgent matter that requires community attention. The alternative is to break the longstanding concept of Fusarium into nine or more genera, and remove important taxa such as those in the F. solani species complex from the genus, a move we believe is unnecessary. Here we present taxonomic and nomenclatural proposals that will preserve established research connections and facilitate communication within and between research communities, and at the same time support strong scientific principles and good taxonomic practice. © 2013 The American Phytopathological Society.
Authors & Co-Authors
Geiser, David M.
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Aoki, Takayuki
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Bacon, Charles W.
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Baker, Scott E.
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Bhattacharyya, Madan K.
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Brandt, Mary Eleanor
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Brown, Daren W.
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Burgess, Lester William
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Chulze, Sofía Noemí
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Coleman, Jeffrey J.
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Correll, Jim
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Covert, Sarah F.
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Crous, Pedro Willem
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Cuomo, Christina A.
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de Hoog, Gerrits Sybren
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Di Pietro, Antonio
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Elmer, Wade H.
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Epstein, Lynn H.
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Frandsen, Rasmus John Normand
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Freeman, Stanley
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Gagkaeva, Tatiana Yu
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Glenn, Anthony E.
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Gordon, Thomas R.
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Gregory, Nancy F.
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Hammond-Kosack, Kim Elizabeth
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Hanson, Linda E.
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Jiménez-Gasco, María Del Mar
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Kang, Seogchan
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Kistler, Harold Corby
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Kuldau, Gretchen A.
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Leslie, John F.
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Logrieco, Antonio Francesco Rancesco
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Lu, Guozhong
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Lysøe, Erik
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Ma, Li-Jun
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McCormick, Susan P.
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Migheli, Quirico
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Moretti, Antonio
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Munaut, Françoise T.J.
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O\'Donnell, Kerry L.
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Pfenning, Ludwig Heinrich
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Ploetz, Randy C.
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Proctor, Robert Henry
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Rehner, Stephen A.
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Robert, Vincent A.R.G.
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Rooney, A. P.
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Bin Salleh, Baharuddin
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Scandiani, María Mercedes
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Scauflaire, Jonathan
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Short, Dylan P.G.
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Steenkamp, Emma T.
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Suga, Haruhisa
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Summerell, Brett Anthony
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Sutton, Deanna
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Thrane, U.
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Trail, Francis
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van Diepeningen, Anne D.
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VanEtten, Hans
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Viljoen, Altus
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Waalwijk, Cees
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Ward, T. J.
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Wingfield, Michael J.
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Xu, Jinrong
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Yang, Xiaobing
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Yli-Mattila, Tapani
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Zhang, Ning
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Statistics
Citations: 231
Authors: 66
Affiliations: 48
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1094/PHYTO-07-12-0150-LE
ISSN:
0031949X
Research Areas
Health System And Policy