Pseudocercospora subsessilis

TaxID: 858821

Basic Information

Pseudocercospora subsessilis

Fungus

Pseudocercospora subsessilis is a fungal plant pathogen infecting chinaberry tree (Melia azedarach). It is widespread in tropical and subtropical areas on host species of the genera Azadirachta and Swietenia. It was originally published as Cercospora subsessilis in 1913 and found on the leaves of the chinaberry tree in Tamil Nadu, India. Before the species was transferred to the Pseudocercospora genus. The fungal leaf spots can amass to blight the entire leaf and were also capable of rapidly defoliating whole trees in late September. The disease has been reported in several other Asian countries as well as in Cuba and the United States.

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Taxonomic Information

Eukaryota

Ascomycota

Dothideomycetes

Mycosphaerellales

Mycosphaerellaceae

Pseudocercospora

subsessilis

Undefined

Photos (5 photos)

Pseudocercospora subsessilis
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(c) Dan Johnson@BY
Pseudocercospora subsessilis
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(c) Andy Goerdel - Texas Master Naturalist@BY-NC
Pseudocercospora subsessilis
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(c) Andy Goerdel - Texas Master Naturalist@BY-NC
Pseudocercospora subsessilis
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(c) 🌱 Aaron Lincoln 🌱@BY-NC
Pseudocercospora subsessilis
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(c) Andy Goerdel - Texas Master Naturalist@BY-NC

Morphological Features

No morphological description available.

Host Plants (0 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

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Quarantine Status (1 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

Country Status Year Added
Sudan Quarantine pests —

Distribution (0 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

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Genomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No genome records available.

Transcriptomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No transcriptome records available.

DNA Barcodes (0 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

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