Diaporthe perniciosa | |
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bark canker on a plum tree caused by D. perniciosa | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Sordariomycetes |
Order: | Diaporthales |
Family: | Diaporthaceae |
Genus: | Diaporthe |
Species: | D. perniciosa
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Binomial name | |
Diaporthe perniciosa
Marchal &
É.J.Marchal (1921)
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Diaporthe perniciosa a species of fungus in the family Diaporthaceae. It is a plant pathogen.
The names Phoma prunorum Cooke, Phomopsis prunorum (Cooke) Grove, and Phomopsis mali Roberts have been used for its asexual (anamorph) form. [1]
It causes bark cankers on trees in the genera Malus (apples), Pyrus (pears) and Prunus (plums, cherries, peaches and other similar fruits). [2] It has also been implicated in dieback disease of plums. One study in the late 1980s was able to isolate the fungus from several trees with die-back symptoms but inoculation of healthy trees with the fungus did not result in disease. [3]