Phyllosticta solitaria

Phyllosticta solitaria is a fungal plant pathogen[1] infecting apples.

Phyllosticta solitaria
Apple Leaves and Twigs Showing Blotch. 1 and 2, Leaves of the Arkansas Black variety, with spots caused by the blotch fungus; 3, 1-year-old blotch canker on Ben Davis apple twig; 4, 2-year-old blotch canker on Ben Davis apple twig; 5, leaf of the Missouri variety, showing lesions on petiole and midrib produced by artificial inoculation with spores of Phyllosticta solitaria from pure cultures; 6, an older blotch canker on a Ben Davis twig
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Dothideomycetes
Order: Botryosphaeriales
Family: Botryosphaeriaceae
Genus: Phyllosticta
Species:
P. solitaria
Binomial name
Phyllosticta solitaria
Ellis & Everh. (1895)
Synonyms

Phyllostictina solitaria (Ellis & Everh.) Shear

References

  1. "Data Sheets on Quarantine Pests: Phyllosticta solitaria" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2006.


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