COMPUTER-AIDED MORPHOMETRICAL ANALYSIS OF MACROCONIDIA IN FUSARIUM-SAMBUCINUM FUCKEL SENSU LATO STRAINS

Forty-one strains of Fuckel sambucinum Fuckel sensu lato were classifi ed on the basis of morphological data of the macroconidia obtained by automated microscopic image analysis. The classification factors were determined in six Fusarium strains of the section Discolor. The result s show the relative homogeneity within the groups proposed by Nirenber g. A remarkable difference could be detected especially between the gr oups F. sambucinum,F. torulosum and F. sambucinum sensu late on the on e hand and F. spec nov. on the other.