Cercospora

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Cercospora

Scientific classification

Kingdom:	Fungi
Phylum:	Ascomycota
Class:	Dothideomycetes
Order:	Dothideales
Genus:	Cercospora

Species

3,000+, see text.

Cercospora is a genus of ascomycete fungi. Several species of this genus cause plant diseases, mostly forms of leaf spot. It is a relatively well-studied genus of fungi but there are countless species not yet described, and there is still much to learn about the most well-known of the species.

Selected species:

Cercospora acetocella - found on sheep sorrel and other docks
Cercospora apii - causes leaf spot on celery, and found on other plants, including Impatiens
Cercospora apiicola - causes leaf spot on celery
Cercospora arachidicola - causes peanut leaf spot
Cercospora asparagi - found on asparagus
Cercospora beticola - causes leaf spot on Beta vulgaris and spinach
Cercospora bolleana - found on figs
Cercospora brassicicola - infests many cole crops
Cercospora capsici - causes "frogeye" leaf spot on peppers
Cercospora carotae - causes carrot leaf blight
Cercospora circumscissa
Cercospora citrullina - causes "cucurbit leaf spot" on watermelon and cucumber plants
Cercospora coffeicola - infests coffee plants
Cercospora kaki
Cercospora kikuchii
Cercospora longipes
Cercospora longissima - found in several types of lettuce
Cercospora melongenae
Cercospora musae - found on banana
Cercospora nicotianae - causes "frogeye" spot on tobacco
Cercospora oryzae
Cercospora rosicola - found on roses
Cercospora sojina
Cercospora sorghi
Cercospora zeae-maydis - causes a disease in cereals called grey leaf spot

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[edit] References

Groenewald, M., et al. (2006). Host range of Cercospora apii and C. beticola and description of C. apiicola, a novel species from celery. Mycologia 98:2

[edit] Further reading

Chupp C, 1954. A monograph of the fungus genus Cercospora. Ithaca, New York, USA: C. Chupp.

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