Cercospora theae

Cercospora theae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Dothideomycetes
Order:	Capnodiales
Family:	Mycosphaerellaceae
Genus:	Cercospora
Species:	C. theae
Binomial name
	Cercospora theae; Breda de Haan, (1900)

Last updated September 30, 2025

Cercospora theae is a fungal plant pathogen. It is the pathogen that causes bird's eye spot disease in tea plants.^[1]

References

↑ Gnanamangai, Balasubramanian Mythili; Philip Robinson, Jayachandran; Ponmurugan, Ponnusamy; AL-mekhlafi, Fahd A.; Farrag, Mohamed A.; Maruthupandy, Muthuchamy; Selvankmuar, Thangaswamy; Sudhakar, Chinnappan (2022-04-01). "Molecular characterization of the phytopathogen C. theae (Petch) – Causative of birds eye spot infection in Camellia sinensis host through DNA polymorphism and proteome analysis" . Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology. 118 101809. doi:10.1016/j.pmpp.2022.101809. ISSN 0885-5765.

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[1] Gnanamangai, Balasubramanian Mythili; Philip Robinson, Jayachandran; Ponmurugan, Ponnusamy; AL-mekhlafi, Fahd A.; Farrag, Mohamed A.; Maruthupandy, Muthuchamy; Selvankmuar, Thangaswamy; Sudhakar, Chinnappan (2022-04-01). "Molecular characterization of the phytopathogen C. theae (Petch) – Causative of birds eye spot infection in Camellia sinensis host through DNA polymorphism and proteome analysis" . Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology. 118 101809. doi:10.1016/j.pmpp.2022.101809. ISSN 0885-5765.

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