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This study aimed to assess the presence of such fungal species in blueberry nurseries in South Africa due to the industry's exponential growth and mass introduction of new cultivars. Symptomatic leaf and\n twig samples were collected from six propagation nurseries, resulting in 180 pestalotioid isolates, of which a subset of 48 isolates were selected for molecular characterisation using multi-locus sequence analysis of the internal transcribed spacer region (ITS), partial translation elongation\n factor 1-\u03b1 (\n                    <jats:italic>TEF1<\/jats:italic>\n                    ) and partial \u03b2-tubulin (\n                    <jats:italic>TUB2<\/jats:italic>\n                    ) gene regions. Phylogenetic analyses were performed using Maximum Likelihood, Maximum Parsimony and Bayesian Inference methods. Based on the phylogenetic analyses, all isolates clustered with three previously described\n species of\n                    <jats:italic>Neopestalotiopsis<\/jats:italic>\n                    , namely\n                    <jats:italic>N. rosae<\/jats:italic>\n                    ,\n                    <jats:italic>N. hispanica<\/jats:italic>\n                    and\n                    <jats:italic>N. longiappendiculata.<\/jats:italic>\n                    Of these, 32 isolates were identified as\n                    <jats:italic>N. rosae,<\/jats:italic>\n                    followed by\n                    <jats:italic>N. hispanica<\/jats:italic>\n                    (12) and\n                    <jats:italic>N. longiappendiculata<\/jats:italic>\n                    (4)\n                    <jats:italic>.<\/jats:italic>\n                    To the best of our knowledge, this\n is the first report of these species in South Africa. Based on phylogenetic analysis and morphological comparisons, we further recommend that\n                    <jats:italic>N. vaccinii<\/jats:italic>\n                    be considered a synonym of\n                    <jats:italic>N. hispanica.<\/jats:italic>\n                  <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3114\/fuse.2025.16.3","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,5,13]],"date-time":"2025-05-13T21:05:32Z","timestamp":1747170332000},"page":"41-54","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":12,"title":["Exploring\n                    <i>Neopestalotiopsis<\/i>\n                    diversity associated with Blueberry leaf and twig blight in South African nurseries"],"prefix":"10.3114","volume":"16","author":[{"given":"L.S.","family":"Van der Vyver","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"W.","family":"De 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