Rosellinia pepo

Rosellinia pepo
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Sordariomycetes
Order: Xylariales
Family: Xylariaceae
Genus: Rosellinia
Species:
R. pepo
Binomial name
Rosellinia pepo
Pat. (1908)

Rosellinia pepo is a plant pathogen infecting the roots of the cacao tree distributed across Central America, West Indies and West Africa.[1]

References

  1. ^ Ploetz, Randy C. (December 2007). "Cacao Diseases: Important Threats to Chocolate Production Worldwide". Phytopathology. 97 (12): 1634–1639. doi:10.1094/PHYTO-97-12-1634. ISSN 0031-949X. PMID 18943724.


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