Macrophomina

Macrophomina
	Black microsclerotia and orange pycnidia of Macrophomina phaseolina infecting Pinus elliottii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Dothideomycetes
Order:	Botryosphaeriales
Family:	Botryosphaeriaceae
Genus:	Macrophomina ; Petr. 1923
Type species
	M. phaseolina; (Tassi) Goid. 1947
Species
	Macrophomina euphorbiicola; Macrophomina phaseolina ; Macrophomina pseudophaseolina; Macrophomina tecta; Macrophomina vaccinii;

Last updated August 17, 2025

Macrophomina is a genus of plant pathogens in the fungus family Botryosphaeriaceae, originally described by Franz Petrak in 1923.^[1] It contains at least 5 species.^[2]

The type species was originally called M. philippinensis, but its current name is Macrophomina phaseolina ; it causes charcoal rot disease on many diverse plant species.^[3]^[4] The former species Macrophomina limbalis has been renamed to Dothiorella limbalis.^[2]

References

↑ For example, see "the Macrophomina page". Index Fungorum. Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Retrieved 2024-08-18.
1 2 To see the species of this genus, including M. limbalis, search for Name=Macrophomina at "the search page". Species Fungorum. Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Retrieved 2024-08-18.
↑ Zhao, Lin; Cai, Jing; He, Wei; Zhang, Ying (2019). "Macrophomina vaccinii sp. nov. Causing blueberry stem blight in China". MycoKeys (55): 1–14. doi: 10.3897/mycokeys.55.35015 . PMC 6595005 .
↑ Kaur, Surinder; Dhillon, Gurpreet Singh; Brar, Satinder Kaur; Vallad, Gary Edward; Chand, Ramesh; Chauhan, Vijay Bahadur (1 May 2012). "Emerging phytopathogen Macrophomina phaseolina: biology, economic importance and current diagnostic trends" . Critical Reviews in Microbiology. 38 (2): 136–151. doi:10.3109/1040841X.2011.640977. ISSN 1040-841X. PMID 22257260. S2CID 12473245 . Retrieved 18 November 2022.

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[IF-1] For example, see "the Macrophomina page". Index Fungorum. Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Retrieved 2024-08-18.

[SF-2] 1 2 To see the species of this genus, including M. limbalis, search for Name=Macrophomina at "the search page". Species Fungorum. Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Retrieved 2024-08-18.

[Zhao_2019-3] Zhao, Lin; Cai, Jing; He, Wei; Zhang, Ying (2019). "Macrophomina vaccinii sp. nov. Causing blueberry stem blight in China". MycoKeys (55): 1–14. doi: 10.3897/mycokeys.55.35015 . PMC 6595005 .

[Kaur-4] Kaur, Surinder; Dhillon, Gurpreet Singh; Brar, Satinder Kaur; Vallad, Gary Edward; Chand, Ramesh; Chauhan, Vijay Bahadur (1 May 2012). "Emerging phytopathogen Macrophomina phaseolina: biology, economic importance and current diagnostic trends" . Critical Reviews in Microbiology. 38 (2): 136–151. doi:10.3109/1040841X.2011.640977. ISSN 1040-841X. PMID 22257260. S2CID 12473245 . Retrieved 18 November 2022.

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