Pathogen
Stemphylium spp.
Overview
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Scientific name
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Stemphylium spp. |
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Genus
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Stemphylium |
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EPPO code
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STEMSP |
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Common name
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Stemphylium leaf spot |
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Synonyms
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Description
Commonly identified by the distinctive spores. Described in the ISTA 'Common Laboratory Seed Health Testing Methods for Detecting Fungi' as conidia being smooth walled, a few minutely echunulate, and/or verrucose, and appearing as rpundish square to rectangular packets of different sizes, with both transverse and longitudinal septa, pale to dark brown.