Phyllachora pomigena
(Redirected from Gloeodes pomigena)
Phyllachora pomigena | |
---|---|
An apple afflicted by Phyllachora pomigena before and after cleaning | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Sordariomycetes |
Order: | Phyllachorales |
Family: | Phyllachoraceae |
Genus: | Phyllachora |
Species: | P. pomigena
|
Binomial name | |
Phyllachora pomigena | |
Synonyms | |
Dothidea pomigena |
Phyllachora pomigena is a plant pathogen responsible for Sooty blotch and flyspeck disease, a disease affecting apples and pears. It appears as a brown or black blotch (1⁄4 inch (6.4 mm) in diameter) on the fruit. Spots may coalesce to cover the entire fruit. During the summer these diseases develop during cool rainy weather, particularly in dense, unpruned trees with poor air circulation. Although unsightly, the fruit is still edible. The sooty blotch will wipe off of the fruit.[1]
References
External links
Categories:
- Articles with short description
- Short description matches Wikidata
- Articles with 'species' microformats
- Taxonbars with automatically added basionyms
- Fungal plant pathogens and diseases
- Apple tree diseases
- Pear tree diseases
- Phyllachorales
- Fungus species
- Taxa named by Lewis David de Schweinitz
- All stub articles
- Phyllachorales stubs
- Fungal plant disease stubs