''Phomopsis'' is a genus of
ascomycete
Ascomycota is a phylum of the kingdom Fungi that, together with the Basidiomycota, forms the subkingdom Dikarya. Its members are commonly known as the sac fungi or ascomycetes. It is the largest phylum of Fungi, with over 64,000 species. The defi ...
fungi in the family
Valsaceae
Valsaceae is a family of sac fungi in the Diaporthales order.
Genera
*'' Amphiporthe''
*'' Apioplagiostoma''
*'' Apioporthella''
*'' Chadefaudiomyces''
*'' Cryptascoma''
*'' Cytospora''
*'' Diaporthella''
*'' Ditopellina''
*'' Durispora ...
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Species
Species include:
* '' Phomopsis arnoldiae''
* '' Phomopsis asparagi''
* '' Phomopsis asparagicola''
* '' Phomopsis azadirachtae''
* '' Phomopsis cannabina''
* '' Phomopsis caricae-papayae''
* '' Phomopsis coffeae''
* '' Phomopsis durionis'' Syd. 1932[
* '' Phomopsis elaeagni''
* '' Phomopsis ganjae''
* '' Phomopsis javanica''
* '' Phomopsis juniperovora''
* '' Phomopsis lokoyae''
* '' Phomopsis longicolla''
* '' Phomopsis mangiferae''
* '']Phomopsis obscurans
''Phomopsis obscurans'' is a common fungus found in strawberry plants, which causes the disease of leaf blight. Common symptoms caused by the pathogen begin as small circular reddish-purple spots and enlarge to form V-shaped lesions that follow t ...
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* '' Phomopsis perseae''
* '' Phomopsis pittospori''
* '' Phomopsis prunorum''
* '' Phomopsis sojae''
* '' Phomopsis scabra''
* '' Phomopsis sclerotioides''
* '' Phomopsis tanakae''
* '' Phomopsis theae''
* '' Phomopsis viticola''
Formerly placed here:
*''Phomopsis vaccinii'', now '' Diaporthe vaccinii''
*''Phomopsis leptostromiformis'', now ''Diaporthe toxica
''Diaporthe toxica'' (anamorph ''Phomopsis'' sp. formerly ''P. leptostromiformis var. leptostromiformis)'' is a lupin endophyte and occasionally a plant pathogen. The fungus produces secondary metabolites that result in toxicosis of animals such ...
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Dead-arm infection
One of the species of this genus, '' P. viticola'', cause a grape
A grape is a fruit, botanically a berry, of the deciduous woody vines of the flowering plant genus '' Vitis''. Grapes are a non- climacteric type of fruit, generally occurring in clusters.
The cultivation of grapes began perhaps 8,000 years a ...
disease called ''Phomopsis'' or ''dead-arm''. Usually, infections begin during early growth stages in spring. This affects leaves, fruit
In botany, a fruit is the seed-bearing structure in flowering plants that is formed from the ovary after flowering.
Fruits are the means by which flowering plants (also known as angiosperms) disseminate their seeds. Edible fruits in partic ...
, rachis
In biology, a rachis (from the grc, ῥάχις [], "backbone, spine") is a main axis or "shaft".
In zoology and microbiology
In vertebrates, ''rachis'' can refer to the series of articulated vertebrae, which encase the spinal cord. In this c ...
es, and shoots of a plant
Plants are predominantly photosynthetic eukaryotes of the kingdom Plantae. Historically, the plant kingdom encompassed all living things that were not animals, and included algae and fungi; however, all current definitions of Plantae excl ...
.
This disease
A disease is a particular abnormal condition that negatively affects the structure or function of all or part of an organism, and that is not immediately due to any external injury. Diseases are often known to be medical conditions that a ...
causes the formation of lesion
A lesion is any damage or abnormal change in the tissue of an organism, usually caused by disease or trauma. ''Lesion'' is derived from the Latin "injury". Lesions may occur in plants as well as animals.
Types
There is no designated classif ...
s on shoots, leaves, and rachises, but also can cause fruit rot.
It causes significant economic damage to grape vines.
Another ''Phomopsis'' species, '' P. juniperovora'', infects junipers, and is a particularly important pest of seedlings and juvenile plants in the nursery industry.
See also
* List of soybean diseases
Soybean plants (''Glycine max'') are subject to a variety of diseases and pests.
Bacterial diseases
Fungal diseases
Nematodes, parasitic
Viral diseases
See also
* Soybean management practices
References
Common Names of Diseases, T ...
References
External links
* http://winegrapes.tamu.edu/grow/diseases/phomopsis.shtml
* http://na.fs.fed.us/spfo/pubs/fidls/phomopsis/phomopsis.htm
Diaporthales
Soybean diseases
Sordariomycetes genera
Taxa named by Pier Andrea Saccardo
Taxa named by Casimir Roumeguère
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