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Species Concepts in Cercospora: Spotting the Weeds Among the Roses
available online at www.studiesinmycology.org STUDIES IN MYCOLOGY 75: 115–170. Species concepts in Cercospora: spotting the weeds among the roses J.Z. Groenewald1*, C. Nakashima2, J. Nishikawa3, H.-D. Shin4, J.-H. Park4, A.N. Jama5, M. Groenewald1, U. Braun6, and P.W. Crous1, 7, 8 1CBS-KNAW Fungal Biodiversity Centre, Uppsalalaan 8, 3584 CT Utrecht, The Netherlands; 2Graduate School of Bioresources, Mie University, 1577 Kurima-machiya, Tsu, Mie 514–8507, Japan; 3Kakegawa Research Center, Sakata Seed Co., 1743-2 Yoshioka, Kakegawa, Shizuoka 436-0115, Japan; 4Division of Environmental Science and Ecological Engineering, College of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Korea University, Seoul 136-701, Korea; 5Department of Agriculture, P.O. Box 326, University of Reading, Reading RG6 6AT, UK; 6Martin-Luther-Universität, Institut für Biologie, Bereich Geobotanik und Botanischer Garten, Herbarium, Neuwerk 21, 06099 Halle (Saale), Germany; 7Microbiology, Department of Biology, Utrecht University, Padualaan 8, 3584 CH Utrecht, the Netherlands; 8Wageningen University and Research Centre (WUR), Laboratory of Phytopathology, Droevendaalsesteeg 1, 6708 PB Wageningen, The Netherlands *Correspondence: Johannes Z. Groenewald, [email protected] Abstract: The genus Cercospora contains numerous important plant pathogenic fungi from a diverse range of hosts. Most species of Cercospora are known only from their morphological characters in vivo. Although the genus contains more than 5 000 names, very few cultures and associated DNA sequence data are available. In this study, 360 Cercospora isolates, obtained from 161 host species, 49 host families and 39 countries, were used to compile a molecular phylogeny. Partial sequences were derived from the internal transcribed spacer regions and intervening 5.8S nrRNA, actin, calmodulin, histone H3 and translation elongation factor 1-alpha genes. -
On Corylus Avellana (Fagales) from Italy
Biodiversity Data Journal 8: e55957 doi: 10.3897/BDJ.8.e55957 Taxonomic Paper A new genus of Bambusicolaceae (Pleosporales) on Corylus avellana (Fagales) from Italy Subodini Nuwanthika Wijesinghe‡,§,|, Yong Wang ‡, Erio Camporesi¶, Dhanushka Nadeeshan Wanasinghe#, Saranyaphat Boonmee§,|, Kevin David Hyde§,#,¤ ‡ Department of Plant Pathology, Agriculture College, Guizhou University, Guiyang, Guizhou Province, 550025, China § Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand | School of Science, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand ¶ A.M.B. Gruppo Micologico Forlivese “Antonio Cicognani”, Via Roma 18, Forlì, Italy # CAS Key Laboratory for Plant Diversity and Biogeography of East Asia, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Science, Kunming 650201, Yunnan, China ¤ Innovative Institute of Plant Health, Zhongkai University of Agriculture and Engineering, Haizhu District, Guangzhou 510225, China Corresponding author: Yong Wang ([email protected]) Academic editor: Danny Haelewaters Received: 29 Jun 2020 | Accepted: 16 Jul 2020 | Published: 19 Aug 2020 Citation: Wijesinghe SN, Wang Y, Camporesi E, Wanasinghe DN, Boonmee S, Hyde KD (2020) A new genus of Bambusicolaceae (Pleosporales) on Corylus avellana (Fagales) from Italy. Biodiversity Data Journal 8: e55957. https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.8.e55957 Abstract Background In this study, we introduce Corylicola gen. nov. in the family of Bambusicolaceae (Pleosporales), to accommodate Corylicola italica sp. nov. The new species was isolated from dead branches of Corylus avellana (common hazel) in Italy. The discovery of this new genus with both sexual and asexual characters will contribute to expand the knowledge and taxonomic framework of Bambusicolaceae. New information Corylicola gen. nov. has similar morphological characters compared to other genera of Bambusicolaceae. -
Ceramothyrium Chiangraiense, a Novel Species of Chaetothyriales (Eurotiomycetes) from Ficus Sp
Asian Journal of Mycology 2(1): 269–280 (2019) ISSN 2651-1339 www.asianjournalofmycology.org Article Doi 10.5943/ajom/2/1/17 Ceramothyrium chiangraiense, a novel species of Chaetothyriales (Eurotiomycetes) from Ficus sp. in Thailand Wijesinghe SN1,2, Dayarathne MC1,2,3, Maharachchikumbura SSN4, Wanasinghe 3 1,2,3 DN and Hyde KD 1 Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand 2 School of Science, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai, 57100, Thailand 3 Key Laboratory for Plant Biodiversity and Biogeography of East Asia (KLPB), Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650201, Yunnan, China 4 School of Life Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, 611731, People’s Republic of China Wijesinghe SN, Dayarathne MC, Maharachchikumbura SSN, Wanasinghe DN, Hyde KD 2019 – Ceramothyrium chiangraiense, a novel species of Chaetothyriales (Eurotiomycetes) from Ficus sp. in Thailand. Asian Journal of Mycology 2(1), 269–280, Doi 10.5943/ajom/2/1/17 Abstract In our investigation of epifoliar fungi, a novel species of Ceramothyrium; C. chiangraiense is isolated from the living leaves of Ficus sp. in Thailand. Genus Ceramothyrium is characterized by the ascomata covered with pellicle mycelium and the circumferential space around the maturing ascomata, bitunicate asci and phragmospores which lack setae. The new species resembles genus Ceramothyrium by its ascomata with superficial mycelial pellicle over the fruiting structures and scattered ascomata that cupulate when dry and 8-spored, bitunicate asci which contain hyaline, pluriseptate ascospores. We have processed the phylogeny based on Maximum Likelihood (ML) and Bayesian (BI) analyses using combined ITS and LSU sequence data. -
Amplicon-Based Sequencing of Soil Fungi from Wood Preservative Test Sites
ORIGINAL RESEARCH published: 18 October 2017 doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.01997 Amplicon-Based Sequencing of Soil Fungi from Wood Preservative Test Sites Grant T. Kirker 1*, Amy B. Bishell 1, Michelle A. Jusino 2, Jonathan M. Palmer 2, William J. Hickey 3 and Daniel L. Lindner 2 1 FPL, United States Department of Agriculture-Forest Service (USDA-FS), Durability and Wood Protection, Madison, WI, United States, 2 NRS, United States Department of Agriculture-Forest Service (USDA-FS), Center for Forest Mycology Research, Madison, WI, United States, 3 Department of Soil Science, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, United States Soil samples were collected from field sites in two AWPA (American Wood Protection Association) wood decay hazard zones in North America. Two field plots at each site were exposed to differing preservative chemistries via in-ground installations of treated wood stakes for approximately 50 years. The purpose of this study is to characterize soil fungal species and to determine if long term exposure to various wood preservatives impacts soil fungal community composition. Soil fungal communities were compared using amplicon-based DNA sequencing of the internal transcribed spacer 1 (ITS1) region of the rDNA array. Data show that soil fungal community composition differs significantly Edited by: Florence Abram, between the two sites and that long-term exposure to different preservative chemistries National University of Ireland Galway, is correlated with different species composition of soil fungi. However, chemical analyses Ireland using ICP-OES found levels of select residual preservative actives (copper, chromium and Reviewed by: Seung Gu Shin, arsenic) to be similar to naturally occurring levels in unexposed areas. -
A Higher-Level Phylogenetic Classification of the Fungi
mycological research 111 (2007) 509–547 available at www.sciencedirect.com journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/mycres A higher-level phylogenetic classification of the Fungi David S. HIBBETTa,*, Manfred BINDERa, Joseph F. BISCHOFFb, Meredith BLACKWELLc, Paul F. CANNONd, Ove E. ERIKSSONe, Sabine HUHNDORFf, Timothy JAMESg, Paul M. KIRKd, Robert LU¨ CKINGf, H. THORSTEN LUMBSCHf, Franc¸ois LUTZONIg, P. Brandon MATHENYa, David J. MCLAUGHLINh, Martha J. POWELLi, Scott REDHEAD j, Conrad L. SCHOCHk, Joseph W. SPATAFORAk, Joost A. STALPERSl, Rytas VILGALYSg, M. Catherine AIMEm, Andre´ APTROOTn, Robert BAUERo, Dominik BEGEROWp, Gerald L. BENNYq, Lisa A. CASTLEBURYm, Pedro W. CROUSl, Yu-Cheng DAIr, Walter GAMSl, David M. GEISERs, Gareth W. GRIFFITHt,Ce´cile GUEIDANg, David L. HAWKSWORTHu, Geir HESTMARKv, Kentaro HOSAKAw, Richard A. HUMBERx, Kevin D. HYDEy, Joseph E. IRONSIDEt, Urmas KO˜ LJALGz, Cletus P. KURTZMANaa, Karl-Henrik LARSSONab, Robert LICHTWARDTac, Joyce LONGCOREad, Jolanta MIA˛ DLIKOWSKAg, Andrew MILLERae, Jean-Marc MONCALVOaf, Sharon MOZLEY-STANDRIDGEag, Franz OBERWINKLERo, Erast PARMASTOah, Vale´rie REEBg, Jack D. ROGERSai, Claude ROUXaj, Leif RYVARDENak, Jose´ Paulo SAMPAIOal, Arthur SCHU¨ ßLERam, Junta SUGIYAMAan, R. Greg THORNao, Leif TIBELLap, Wendy A. UNTEREINERaq, Christopher WALKERar, Zheng WANGa, Alex WEIRas, Michael WEISSo, Merlin M. WHITEat, Katarina WINKAe, Yi-Jian YAOau, Ning ZHANGav aBiology Department, Clark University, Worcester, MA 01610, USA bNational Library of Medicine, National Center for Biotechnology Information, -
Sizing up Septoria
STUDIEs IN MYCOLOGY 75: 307–390. Sizing up Septoria W. Quaedvlieg1,2, G.J.M. Verkley1, H.-D. Shin3, R.W. Barreto4, A.C. Alfenas4, W.J. Swart5, J.Z. Groenewald1, and P.W. Crous1,2,6* 1CBS-KNAW Fungal Biodiversity Centre, Uppsalalaan 8, 3584 CT Utrecht, The Netherlands; 2Wageningen University and Research Centre (WUR), Laboratory of Phytopathology, Droevendaalsesteeg 1, 6708 PB Wageningen, The Netherlands; 3Utrecht University, Department of Biology, Microbiology, Padualaan 8, 3584 CH Utrecht, The Netherlands; 2Microbiology, Department of Biology, Utrecht University, Padualaan 8, 3584 CH Utrecht, the Netherlands; 3Division of Environmental Science and Ecological Engineering, Korea University, Seoul 136-701, Korea; 4Departamento de Fitopatologia, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, 36750 Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil; 5Department of Plant Sciences, University of the Free State, P.O. Box 339, Bloemfontein 9300, South Africa; 6Wageningen University and Research Centre (WUR), Laboratory of Phytopathology, Droevendaalsesteeg 1, 6708 PB Wageningen, The Netherlands *Correspondence: Pedro W. Crous, [email protected] Abstract: Septoria represents a genus of plant pathogenic fungi with a wide geographic distribution, commonly associated with leaf spots and stem cankers of a broad range of plant hosts. A major aim of this study was to resolve the phylogenetic generic limits of Septoria, Stagonospora, and other related genera such as Sphaerulina, Phaeosphaeria and Phaeoseptoria using sequences of the the partial 28S nuclear ribosomal RNA and RPB2 genes of a large set of isolates. Based on these results Septoria is shown to be a distinct genus in the Mycosphaerellaceae, which has mycosphaerella-like sexual morphs. Several septoria-like species are now accommodated in Sphaerulina, a genus previously linked to this complex. -
Cercosporoid Fungi of Poland Monographiae Botanicae 105 Official Publication of the Polish Botanical Society
Monographiae Botanicae 105 Urszula Świderska-Burek Cercosporoid fungi of Poland Monographiae Botanicae 105 Official publication of the Polish Botanical Society Urszula Świderska-Burek Cercosporoid fungi of Poland Wrocław 2015 Editor-in-Chief of the series Zygmunt Kącki, University of Wrocław, Poland Honorary Editor-in-Chief Krystyna Czyżewska, University of Łódź, Poland Chairman of the Editorial Council Jacek Herbich, University of Gdańsk, Poland Editorial Council Gian Pietro Giusso del Galdo, University of Catania, Italy Jan Holeksa, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Poland Czesław Hołdyński, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Poland Bogdan Jackowiak, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poland Stefania Loster, Jagiellonian University, Poland Zbigniew Mirek, Polish Academy of Sciences, Cracow, Poland Valentina Neshataeva, Russian Botanical Society St. Petersburg, Russian Federation Vilém Pavlů, Grassland Research Station in Liberec, Czech Republic Agnieszka Anna Popiela, University of Szczecin, Poland Waldemar Żukowski, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Poland Editorial Secretary Marta Czarniecka, University of Wrocław, Poland Managing/Production Editor Piotr Otręba, Polish Botanical Society, Poland Deputy Managing Editor Mateusz Labudda, Warsaw University of Life Sciences – SGGW, Poland Reviewers of the volume Uwe Braun, Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg, Germany Tomasz Majewski, Warsaw University of Life Sciences – SGGW, Poland Editorial office University of Wrocław Institute of Environmental Biology, Department of Botany Kanonia 6/8, 50-328 Wrocław, Poland tel.: +48 71 375 4084 email: [email protected] e-ISSN: 2392-2923 e-ISBN: 978-83-86292-52-3 p-ISSN: 0077-0655 p-ISBN: 978-83-86292-53-0 DOI: 10.5586/mb.2015.001 © The Author(s) 2015. This is an Open Access publication distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits redistribution, commercial and non-commercial, provided that the original work is properly cited. -
EU Project Number 613678
EU project number 613678 Strategies to develop effective, innovative and practical approaches to protect major European fruit crops from pests and pathogens Work package 1. Pathways of introduction of fruit pests and pathogens Deliverable 1.3. PART 7 - REPORT on Oranges and Mandarins – Fruit pathway and Alert List Partners involved: EPPO (Grousset F, Petter F, Suffert M) and JKI (Steffen K, Wilstermann A, Schrader G). This document should be cited as ‘Grousset F, Wistermann A, Steffen K, Petter F, Schrader G, Suffert M (2016) DROPSA Deliverable 1.3 Report for Oranges and Mandarins – Fruit pathway and Alert List’. An Excel file containing supporting information is available at https://upload.eppo.int/download/112o3f5b0c014 DROPSA is funded by the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme for research, technological development and demonstration (grant agreement no. 613678). www.dropsaproject.eu [email protected] DROPSA DELIVERABLE REPORT on ORANGES AND MANDARINS – Fruit pathway and Alert List 1. Introduction ............................................................................................................................................... 2 1.1 Background on oranges and mandarins ..................................................................................................... 2 1.2 Data on production and trade of orange and mandarin fruit ........................................................................ 5 1.3 Characteristics of the pathway ‘orange and mandarin fruit’ ....................................................................... -
Host Range, Geographical Distribution and Current Accepted Names of Cercosporoid and Ramularioid Species in Iran
Current Research in Environmental & Applied Mycology (Journal of Fungal Biology) 9(1): 122–163 (2019) ISSN 2229-2225 www.creamjournal.org Article Doi 10.5943/cream/9/1/13 Host range, geographical distribution and current accepted names of cercosporoid and ramularioid species in Iran Pirnia M Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zabol, Zabol, Iran Pirnia M 2019 – Host range, geographical distribution and current accepted names of cercosporoid and ramularioid species in Iran. Current Research in Environmental & Applied Mycology (Journal of Fungal Biology) 9(1), 122–163, Doi 10.5943/cream/9/1/13 Abstract Comprehensive up to date information of cercosporoid and ramularioid species of Iran is given with their hosts, geographical distribution and references. A total of 186 taxa belonging to 24 genara are listed. Among them, 134 taxa were belonged to 16 Cercospora and Cercospora-like genera viz. Cercospora (62 species), Cercosporidium (1 species), Clypeosphaerella (1 species), Fulvia (1 species), Graminopassalora (1 species), Neocercospora (1 species), Neocercosporidium (1 species), Nothopassalora (1 species), Paracercosporidium (1 species), Passalora (21 species), Pseudocercospora (36 species), Rosisphaerella (1 species), Scolecostigmina (2 species), Sirosporium (2 species), Sultanimyces (1 species) and Zasmidium (1 species); and 52 taxa were belonged to 8 Ramularia and Ramularia-like genera viz. Cercosporella (2 species), Microcyclosporella (1 species), Neoovularia (2 species), Neopseudocercosporella (1 species), Neoramularia (2 species), Ramularia (42 species), Ramulariopsis (1 species) and Ramulispora (1 species). Key words – anamorphic fungi – biodiversity – Cercospora-like genera – Ramularia-like genera – west of Asia Introduction Cercosporoid and ramularioid fungi are traditionally related to the genus Mycospharella Johanson. Sivanesan (1984) investigated teleomorph-anamorph connexions in bitunicate ascomycetes and cited that Mycosphaerella is related to some anamorphic genera viz. -
ﺟﻠﺪ Volume 7(1), 2018
Plant Pathology Science ﺩﺍﻧﺶ ﺑﻴﻤﺎﺭﻱﺷﻨﺎﺳﻲ ﮔﻴﺎﻫﻲ Volume 7(1), 2018 ISSN:2251-9270 ﺳﺎﻝ ﻫﻔﺘﻢ، ﺟﻠﺪ 1، ﭘﺎﻳﻴﺰﻭ ﺯﻣﺴﺘﺎﻥ 1396 ﺷﺎﭘﺎ: 2251-9270 Contents ﺩﺍﻧﺶ ﺑﻴﻤﺎﺭﻱ ﺷﻨﺎﺳﻲ ﮔﻴﺎﻫﻲ ﻓﻬﺮﺳﺖ ﻣﻄﺎﻟﺐ Title Page ﻋﻨﻮﺍﻥ ﺻﻔﺤﻪ 1- Important criteria for identification of the Cercospora species 1- ﻣﻌﻴﺎﺭﻫﺎﻱ ﻣﻬﻢ ﺷﻨﺎﺳﺎﻳﻲ ﮔ ﻮ ﻧ ﻪ ﻫ ﺎ ﻱ Cercospora M. Bakhshi………………………………………….…………………….……………….……….….1 ﻣﻮﻧﺲ ﺑﺨﺸﻲ...........................................................................................................................................................................1 2- Sooty canker of fruit trees in Iran 2- ﺷﺎﻧﻜﺮ ﺩ ﻭ ﺩ ﻩ ﺍ ﻱ ﺩﺭﺧﺘﺎﻥ ﻣﻴﻮﻩ ﺩﺭ ﺍﻳﺮﺍﻥ R. Dastjerdi, S. Nadi & S. Damyar……….………..……………………………………………….15 ﺭﻋﻨﺎ ﺩﺳﺘﺠﺮﺩﻱ، ﺳﻮﻟﻤﺎﺯ ﻧﺎﺩﻱ ﻭ ﺳﻴﻤﺎ ﺩﺍﻣﻴﺎﺭ...........................................................................................................................15 3- Root lesion nematode Pratylenchus thornei 3- ﻧﻤﺎﺗﺪ ﻣﻮﻟﺪ ﺯﺧﻢ ﺭﻳﺸﻪ Pratylenchus thornei E. Fatemi & H. Charehgani…………………………....…………………………………………...28 ﺍﺣﺴﺎﻥ ﻓﺎﻃﻤﻲ ﻭ ﺣﺒﻴﺐ ﺍﻟﻪ ﭼﺎﺭﻩ ﮔﺎﻧﻲ........................................................................................................................................28 4- Olive quick decline syndrome disease 4- ﺑﻴﻤﺎﺭﻱ ﺳﻨﺪﺭﻭﻡ ﺯﻭﺍﻝ ﺳﺮﻳﻊ ﺯﻳﺘﻮﻥ M. Keshavarzi…………..…..……………………………………………………………………..….40 ﻣﻨﺼﻮﺭﻩ ﻛﺸﺎﻭﺭﺯﻱ..................................................................................................................................................................40 5- Mycoviruses application in biocontrol of fugal pathogens ﺳﺎﻝ ﻫﻔﺘﻢ، ﺟﻠﺪ 1 -
Index of Fungal Names
INDEX OF FUNGAL NAMES Alternaria cerealis 187 Alternaria cetera 188–189 Alphabetical list of fungal species, genera and families treated in Alternaria chartarum 201 the Taxonomy sections of the included manuscripts. Alternaria chartarum f. stemphylioides 201 Alternaria cheiranthi 189 A Alternaria chlamydospora 190, 199 Alternaria chlamydosporigena 190 Acicuseptoria 376–377 Alternaria “chlamydosporum” 199 Acicuseptoria rumicis 376–377 Alternaria chrysanthemi 204 Allantozythia 384 Alternaria cichorii 200 Allewia 183 Alternaria cinerariae 202 Allewia eureka 193 Alternaria cinerea 207 Allewia proteae 193 Alternaria cirsinoxia 200 Alternaria 183, 186, 190, 193, 198, 207 Alternaria citriarbusti 187 Alternaria abundans 189 Alternaria citrimacularis 187 Alternaria acalyphicola 200 Alternaria colombiana 187 Alternaria agerati 200 Alternaria concatenata 201 Alternaria agripestis 200 Alternaria conjuncta 196 Alternaria allii 191 Alternaria conoidea 188 Alternaria alternantherae 185 Alternaria “consortiale” 204 Alternaria alternariae 206 Alternaria consortialis 204 Alternaria alternarina 195 Alternaria crassa 200 Alternaria cretica 200 Alternaria alternata 183, 185–186 Alternaria cucumerina 200 Alternaria anagallidis 200 Alternaria cucurbitae 204 Alternaria angustiovoidea 187 Alternaria cumini 193 Alternaria anigozanthi 193 Alternaria cyphomandrae 201 Alternaria aragakii 200 Alternaria danida 201 Alternaria araliae 199 Alternaria dauci 201 Alternaria arborescens 187, 201 Alternaria daucicaulis 196 Alternaria arbusti 195 Alternaria daucifollii 187 -
Characterising Plant Pathogen Communities and Their Environmental Drivers at a National Scale
Lincoln University Digital Thesis Copyright Statement The digital copy of this thesis is protected by the Copyright Act 1994 (New Zealand). This thesis may be consulted by you, provided you comply with the provisions of the Act and the following conditions of use: you will use the copy only for the purposes of research or private study you will recognise the author's right to be identified as the author of the thesis and due acknowledgement will be made to the author where appropriate you will obtain the author's permission before publishing any material from the thesis. Characterising plant pathogen communities and their environmental drivers at a national scale A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy at Lincoln University by Andreas Makiola Lincoln University, New Zealand 2019 General abstract Plant pathogens play a critical role for global food security, conservation of natural ecosystems and future resilience and sustainability of ecosystem services in general. Thus, it is crucial to understand the large-scale processes that shape plant pathogen communities. The recent drop in DNA sequencing costs offers, for the first time, the opportunity to study multiple plant pathogens simultaneously in their naturally occurring environment effectively at large scale. In this thesis, my aims were (1) to employ next-generation sequencing (NGS) based metabarcoding for the detection and identification of plant pathogens at the ecosystem scale in New Zealand, (2) to characterise plant pathogen communities, and (3) to determine the environmental drivers of these communities. First, I investigated the suitability of NGS for the detection, identification and quantification of plant pathogens using rust fungi as a model system.