- 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
Pacific Pests, Pathogens, Weeds & Pesticides - Online edition
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Breadfruit leaf blotch (323)
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Summary
Common Name
Breadfruit leaf blotch
Scientific Name
Pseudocercospora artocarpicola
AUTHORS Grahame Jackson & Eric McKenzie
Information from (and Photo 1) McKenzie E (2013) Pseudocercospora artocarpicola: PaDIL - (http://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.
