Macrophoma theicola
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| Macrophoma theicola | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Phylum: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Dothideomycetes |
| Subclass: | Incertae sedis |
| Order: | Botryosphaeriales |
| Family: | Botryosphaeriaceae |
| Genus: | Macrophoma |
| Species: | M. theicola |
| Binomial name | |
| Macrophoma theicola Siemaszko, (1917) | |
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Macrophoma theicola is a plant pathogen affecting Camellia sinensis, the tea plant, which is capable of reducing yields or killing plants altogether. Early symptoms include the browning and drooping of leaves. It is spread most easily in wet, rainy conditions.[1]
References
- ↑ Keith, Lisa; Ko, Wen-Hsiung; Sato, Dwight M.; University of Hawai'i at Mānoa. Identification Guide for Diseases of Tea (Camellia sinensis), Plant Disease, October 2006.
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