Jump to content

Septoria selenophomoides

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Septoria selenophomoides
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Dothideomycetes
Order: Capnodiales
Family: Mycosphaerellaceae
Genus: Septoria
Species:
S. selenophomoides
Binomial name
Septoria selenophomoides
E.K.Cash & A.M.J.Watson (1955)

Septoria selenophomoides is a fungal plant pathogen infecting orchids. It causes leaf spots, starting with small yellowish lesions on the plant's leaves and darkening to brown or black.[1][2] If the infection develops further, the leaves and fruit fall from the orchid and spread the infection.[2]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Fabiola, Hernández-Ramírez; Patricia, Fernández-Pavía Sylvia; Anne, Damon; Karina, Guillén-Navarro; Verónica, García-Fajardo (2022-06-27). "Etiology of the "black blotch" caused by Lasiodiplodia in pseudobulbs of Guarianthe skinneri (Orchidaceae), in the Region of Soconusco, Chiapas, Mexico". Journal of Plant Pathology. 104 (3): 1083–1095. doi:10.1007/s42161-022-01154-7. ISSN 2239-7264.
  2. ^ a b "LEAF TIP BURN: Septoria selenophomoides". www.orchids.org. Retrieved 2023-01-08.