Pseudocercospora subsessilis is a fungal plant pathogen infecting chinaberry tree (Melia azedarach). It is widespread in tropical and subtropical areas on host species of the genera Azadirachta and Swietenia.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Dothideomycetes |
| Order: | Capnodiales |
| Family: | Mycosphaerellaceae |
| Genus: | Pseudocercospora |
| Species: | P. subsessilis
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| Pseudocercospora subsessilis (Syd. & P. Syd.) Deighton, (1976)
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It was originally published as Cercospora subsessilis in 1913 and found on the leaves of the chinaberry tree in Tamil Nadu, India.[2] Before the species was transferred to the Pseudocercospora genus.[3]
The fungal leaf spots can amass to blight the entire leaf and were also capable of rapidly defoliating whole trees in late September.[4]
The disease has been reported in several other Asian countries as well as in Cuba and the United States.[5]
Distribution
editIt is found in Burma, Cuba, Hong Kong, India, Jamaica, Japan, China, Nepal, Palestine, Philippines, San Domingo, Sierra Leon, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Taiwan, U.S.A. and Venezuela.[6] It was later found in Korea, on ornamental planted chinaberry trees.[4]
References
edit- ^ Chupp, C. (1954). A monograph of the fungus genus Cercospora. Ithaca, New York.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ "Species Fungorum – Names Record". www.speciesfungorum.org. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
- ^ Crous, P.W.; Braun, U. (2001). "A reassessment of the Cercospora spp. described by C. Chupp: specimens deposited at BPI, Maryland, U.S.A.". Mycotaxon. 78: 327–343.
- ^ a b Seo, S.T.; Shin, C.H.; Park, J.H.; Shin, H.D. (2013). "First report of leaf spot caused by Pseudocercospora subsessilis on Melia azedarach in Korea". Plant Disease. 97 (7): 993. doi:10.1094/PDIS-10-12-1004-PDN. PMID 30722579.
- ^ D. F. Farr and A. Y. Rossman. Fungal Databases. Syst. Mycol. Microbiol. Lab., Online publication, ARS, USDA, Retrieved 22 October 2012.
- ^ Hsieh, W.H.; Goh, T.K., eds. (1990). Cercospora and similar fungi from Taiwan. Maw Chang Book Co.