Cercospora
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A sweet pepper leaf showing 'frogeye' leaf spot (Cercospora capsici) | |
Scientific Classification | |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Phylum: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Dothideomycetes |
Order: | Dothideales |
Genus: | Cercospora |
Cercospora is a genus of ascomycete fungi. Several species of this genus cause plant diseases, mostly forms of leaf spot. It is a relatively well-studied genus of fungi but there are countless species not yet described, and there is still much to learn about the most well-known of the species.
Important species[edit | edit source]
Important species of Cercospora
- C. apii and C. apiicola
- C. asparagi
- C. beticola
- C. brassicicola
- C. capsici
- C. carotae
- C. chrysanthemi
- C. fragariae
- C. longissima
- C. pisa-sativae
- C. solani
- C. zeae-maydis
Examples[edit | edit source]
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Common beet (Beet cercospora disease C. beticola)
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Turnip (White leaf spot (Brassica) C. brassicicola)
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Cabbage (White leaf spot (Brassica) C. brassicicola)
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Carrot (Cercospora leaf spot of carrot C. carotae)
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Chrysanthemum (Cercospora leaf spot of chrysanthemum C. chrysanthemi)
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Sweet corn (Grey leaf spot of corn C. zeae-maydis)
References[edit | edit source]
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