Schizothyrium pomi

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Schizothyrium pomi
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S. pomi
Binomial name
Schizothyrium pomi
(Mont. & Fr.) Arx, (1959)
Synonyms

Botryodiplodia pomi
Labrella pomi
Leptothyrium pomi
Microsticta pomi
Microthyriella paludosa
Microthyriella rubi
Schizothyrina rubi
Zygophiala jamaicensis [1]

Schizothyrium pomi is a plant pathogen of the sooty blotch and flyspeck complex, infecting apple, pear and citrus trees and carnations.

As of 2008 it has been a presumed teleomorph of Zygophiala jamaicensis. [1] [2]

References

  1. 1 2 Batzer, JC; Arias, MM; Harrington, TC; Gleason, ML; Groenewald, JZ; Crous, PW (2008). "Four species of Zygophiala (Schizothyriaceae, Capnodiales) are associated with the sooty blotch and flyspeck complex on apple". Mycologia. 100 (2): 246–58. doi:10.3852/mycologia.100.2.246. PMID   18592899.
  2. "Greasy Blotch of Carnation and Flyspeck of Apple: Diseases caused by Zygophialia jamaicensis" (PDF). Retrieved 13 March 2022.