Cystotheca vignae

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Cystotheca vignae
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Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Leotiomycetes
Order: Erysiphales
Family: Erysiphaceae
Genus: Cystotheca
Species:
C. vignae
Binomial name
Cystotheca vignae
M.S. Patil & Maham., 1999

Cystothecavignae is a species of powdery mildew in the family Erysiphaceae. It is found in Asia on plants in the genus Vigna .

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Description

Many Cystotheca species form dense, white or brown, distorting patches on the leaves of their hosts. Some species in this genus are also known to cause witch's-broom galls on their hosts. Cystothecavignae, like most Erysiphaceae, is highly host-specific and is only known to infect Vigna . Other species of powdery mildew are also found on the same genus, such as Erysiphe vignae .

Taxonomy

The fungus was formally described in 1999 by M.S. Patil and Mahamulkar. [1]

References

  1. Patil, M.S.; Mahamulkar, S.H. (1999). "Studies on powdery mildews-III". Journal of Mycology and Plant Pathology. 29: 42–47.