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Synchytrium endobioticum (wart disease of potato)
Wart disease of potato is so important that quarantine and domestic legislation has been in force globally for more than 65 years to prevent its...
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Tilletia indica (Karnal bunt of wheat)
T. indica is the fungal pathogen causing Karnal bunt of wheat seeds. Its distribution is mainly limited to northwest India...
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Puccinia horiana (white rust of chrysanthemum)
P. horiana is now a feared and serious disease in nurseries, frequently causing complete loss of glasshouse chrysanthemum...
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Seiridium cardinale (cypress canker)
The high pathogenicity of S. cardinale, wide host range in the Cupressaceae family, relative stability of its virulence, abundant production of...
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Sirococcus clavigignenti-juglandacearum (butternut canker)
S. clavigignenti-juglandacearum is a very aggressive plant pest. From 1981 to 1996, in the USA, it killed 58% of the trees of J. cinerea in...
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Hymenoscyphus pseudoalbidus (ash dieback)
Due to the severity of ash dieback, the anamorphic fungus, H. pseudoalbidus has been on the EPPO Alert list since...
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Ceratocystis platani (canker stain of plane)
C. platani is an aggressive fungal pathogen that attacks plane trees (Platanus spp.) by entering through wounds...
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Pseudocercospora angolensis (leaf spot of Citrus spp.)
P. angolensis is a dematiaceous hyphomycete occurring in sub-Saharan Africa and Yemen. This fungus requires moisture for infection and...
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Colletotrichum acutatum (black spot of strawberry)
The disease is significant worldwide on strawberry (on which it is considered the second most important pathogen after Botrytis cinerea), and...
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Phoma tracheiphila (mal secco)
P. tracheiphila is a conidial fungus causing serious damage and death to the host, particularly lemon [Citrus limon], in...
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