Pacific Pests, Pathogens & Weeds - Mini Fact Sheet EditionBreadfruit leaf blotch (323)
Pacific Pests, Pathogens & Weeds - Mini Fact Sheet EditionBreadfruit leaf blotch (323)
Summary
- Narrow distribution. Only on breadfruit. Minor fungal disease.
- Leaf spots absent; dingy dark-brown to blackish sooty mould on lower surface of leaf. Spores are spread in the wind.
- Cultural control: none
- Chemical control: none
Common Name
Breadfruit leaf blotch
Scientific Name
Pseudocercospora artocarpicola
AUTHORS Grahame Jackson & Eric McKenzie
Photo 1 (taken by Eric McKenzie), and used in this fact sheet, appeared previously in McKenzie E (2013) Pseudocercospora artocarpicola PaDIL - https://www.padil.gov.au.
Produced with support from the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research under project PC/2010/090: Strengthening integrated crop management research in the Pacific Islands in support of sustainable intensification of high-value crop production, implemented by the University of Queensland and the Secretariat of the Pacific Community.
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