''Pseudocercospora subsessilis'' is a

fungal A fungus (: fungi , , , or ; or funguses) is any member of the group of eukaryotic organisms that includes microorganisms such as yeasts and molds, as well as the more familiar mushrooms. These organisms are classified as one of the tradit ...

plant pathogen infecting chinaberry tree (''

Melia azedarach ''Melia azedarach'', commonly known as the chinaberry tree, pride of India, bead-tree, Cape lilac, syringa berrytree, Persian lilac, Indian lilac, or white cedar, is a species of deciduous tree in the mahogany family (biology), family, Meliace ...

''). It is widespread in tropical and subtropical areas on host species of the genera ''

Azadirachta ''Azadirachta'' is a genus of two species of trees in the mahogany family Meliaceae. Numerous species have been proposed for the genus but only two are currently recognized, '' Azadirachta excelsa'' and the economically important tree '' Azadirac ...

'' and ''

Swietenia ''Swietenia'' is a genus of trees in the Melia azedarach, chinaberry family, Meliaceae. It occurs natively in the Neotropics, from southern Florida, the Caribbean, Mexico and Central America south to Bolivia. The genus is named for Dutch-Austria ...

''. It was originally published as ''Cercospora subsessilis'' in 1913 and found on the leaves of the chinaberry tree in

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, India. Before the species was transferred to the ''Pseudocercospora'' genus. The fungal leaf spots can amass to blight the entire leaf and were also capable of rapidly defoliating whole trees in late September. The disease has been reported in several other Asian countries as well as in Cuba and the United States.D. F. Farr and A. Y. Rossman. Fungal Databases. Syst. Mycol. Microbiol. Lab., Online publication, ARS, USDA, Retrieved 22 October 2012.

Distribution

It is found in Burma, Cuba, Hong Kong, India, Jamaica, Japan, China, Nepal, Palestine, Philippines, San Domingo, Sierra Leone, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Taiwan, United States and Venezuela. It was later found in Korea, on ornamental planted chinaberry trees.

References

External links

Index Fungorum

USDA ARS Fungal Database
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