Lignicolous freshwater fungi in Yunnan Province, China: an overview.

Yunnan Province is one of the rich biodiversity hotspots with abundant resources of lignicolous freshwater fungi. A total of 281 species of lignicolous freshwater fungi from 1986 to the present in Yunnan Province. They are mostly distributed in the classes and , a few species in the and , and rarely reported in and .

Two new species of from leaf spots of in north-western Yunnan Province, China.

Background: During the survey of pathogenic fungi on medicinal plant leaves in Yunnan Province, China, two -like taxa were isolated from leaf spots of . Based on morphological characteristics and phylogenetic analysis of combined ITS, TEF1-α and ACT genes, two new species were discovered.

New Information: Two new species and are introduced, the detailed descriptions and illustrations are provided.

Phylogenetic analyses and morphological characters reveal two new species of from Yunnan province, China.

and are proposed as two new species based on both phenotypic and genotypic evidences. is characterized by the stipitate basidiomata, laccate and oxblood red pileus, gray white pore surface, duplex context and broadly ellipsoid basidiospores (9.0-12.

Two novel species and two new records of from freshwater habitats in China and Thailand.

During investigations into freshwater fungi from the Great Mekong Subregion, four taxa were collected from China and Thailand. Based on morphological characteristics, and phylogenetic analyses of combined LSU, ITS, SSU, TEF1-α, and RPB2 sequence data, two new species and are introduced, and two known species and were first reported in freshwater habitat. Illustrations and descriptions of these taxa are provided, along with comparisons with extant taxa in the genus.

Two new species of and a new record, from freshwater habitats in China.

Background: Pleosporales is the largest order of Dothideomycetes. In recent years, systematics of Pleosporales have undergone considerable revisions. Dictyosporiaceae is one of the newly established families within this order proposed to accommodate holomorphic saprobic Dothideomycetes.

Biodiversity of Lignicolous Freshwater Hyphomycetes from China and Thailand and Description of Sixteen Species.

Freshwater hyphomycetes are a highly diverse group of fungi with a worldwide distribution and have been mostly reported from tropical and subtropical regions. During investigations of freshwater fungi from the Greater Mekong subregion in China and Thailand, sixteen freshwater hyphomycetes (three of them belong to the class Dothideomycetes while thirteen belong to the class Sordariomycetes) were collected. Based on morphology and multi-gene phylogenetic analyses, , , , , and are described as new species; is proposed as a new combination; , , , , and are reported as new country records; and , and are introduced as three new collections.

(Acrogenosporaceae, Minutisphaerales) Appears to Be a Very Diverse Genus.

During a study of diversity and taxonomy of lignicolous freshwater fungi in China, nine species of were collected. Seven of these were new species and they are described and illustrated. With morphology, additional evidence to support establishment of new species is provided by phylogeny derived from DNA sequence analyses of a combined LSU, SSU, TEF1α, and RPB2 sequence dataset.

Overexpression of the NDR1/HIN1-Like Gene NHL6 Modifies Seed Germination in Response to Abscisic Acid and Abiotic Stresses in Arabidopsis.

NHL (NDR1/HIN1-like) genes play crucial roles in pathogen induced plant responses to biotic stress. Here, we report the possible function of NHL6 in plant response to abscisic acid (ABA) and abiotic stress. NHL6 was highly expressed in non-germinated seeds, and its expression was strongly induced by ABA and multiple abiotic stress signals.

Backbone tree for Chaetothyriales with four new species of Minimelanolocus from aquatic habitats.

We are studying the freshwater lignicolous fungi along a north-south latitudinal gradient in Asia. In this paper, fresh collections of Minimelanolocus from submerged wood in streams in Yunnan Province, China are characterised based on morphology and molecular phylogeny based on three rDNA regions: 18S (SSU), ITS1-5.8S-ITS2 (ITS) and 28S nuclear rDNA (LSU).

Characterization and expression analysis of a MADS box gene, HoMADS2, in Hyacinthus orientalis L.

A MADS box gene HoMADS2 was cloned from Hyacinthus orientalis L. in this study. Sequence comparison revealed that HoMADS2 was highly homologous to the class B MADS box genes.