| Diaporthe | |
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| Diaporthe damage on soybean plant | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Sordariomycetes |
| Order: | Diaporthales |
| Family: | Diaporthaceae |
| Genus: | Diaporthe Nitschke (1870) |
| Type species | |
| Diaporthe eres Nitschke (1870) |
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Diaporthe is a genus of endophytic filamentous fungus plant pathogens.
Diaporthe species have been shown to transform the infection-inhibiting factors (+)-catechin and (-)-epicatechin into the 3,4-cis-dihydroxyflavan derivatives[1]
Some species, like Diaporthe toxica, produce secondary metabolites that result in toxicoses of animals such as lupinosis of sheep.[2].
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