Korean Journal of Mycology (Kor. J. Mycol.)
In-Young Choi 1, Young-Joon Choi 2 , Jin-Young Kim 3, Hyeon-Dong Shin 4,*
1Division of Agricultural Environment, Jeollabuk-do Agricultural Research and Extension Services, Iksan
54591, Korea
2Department of Biology, Kunsan National University, Gunsan 54150, Korea
3Division of Horticulture Research, Gyeonggi-do Agricultural Research and Extension Services, Hwaseong
18388, Korea
4Division of Environmental Science and Ecological Engineering, Korea University, Seoul 02841, Korea
Correspondence to hdshin@korea.ac.kr
Korean Journal of Mycology (Kor J Mycol) March, 2019, 47(1):89-94.
https://doi.org/10.4489/KJM.20190011
Accepted: March 15, 2019; Revised: March 15, 2019; Received: February 7, 2019
Published: March, 2019.
© 2019 THE KOREAN SOCIETY OF MYCOLOGY.
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A rust fungus on Iris domestica (syn. Belamcanda chinensis) from China was previously identified as Puccinia iridis. Accordingly, the identity of the rust fungus on the same host species in Korea needs to be reexamned. Morphological characteristics of the Korean materials matched with P. iridis. Molecular phylogenetic analyses based on internal transcribed spacer and large subunit rDNA sequences of two representative materials confirmed the identification by high sequence similarities of 100% and 99% with the reference sequences available in NCBI GenBank database. Phylogenetic tree inferred from neighbor-joining method proved them to be clustered in P. iridis group. Thus, the rust fungus on I. domestica in Korea was determined as P. iridis. On the other hand, a previous record that Puccinia belamcandae is another rust agent on I. domestica in Korea should be reconfirmed in future.
Belamcanda chinensis, identification, Iris domestica, Puccinia belamcandae, Puccinia iridis