Monilinia rubi

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Monilinia rubi
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Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Leotiomycetes
Order: Helotiales
Family: Sclerotiniaceae
Genus: Monilinia
Species:
M. rubi
Binomial name
Monilinia rubi
Weldon & V.O. Stockw.
Synonyms
  • Rhizoctonia rubiMcKeen

Monilinia rubi is a species of fungus in the family Sclerotiniaceae. The species is a plant pathogen causing "dry berry disease" of caneberries. The species was formerly known by the invalidly published name Rhizoctonia rubi. [1]

References

  1. Weldon B, McGhee GC, Jones LA, Stockwell V (2022). "Taxonomic reclassification of the fungal pathogen causing dry berry disease of caneberries into the division Ascomycota as Monilinia rubi". Plant Dis. doi:10.1094/PDIS-11-21-2618-SR. PMID   35442057. S2CID   248262915.