Diaporthe eres (apple leaf, branch and fruit fungus)

Identity

Preferred Scientific Name

• Diaporthe eres Nitschke [teleomorph] Nitschke

Preferred Common Name

• apple leaf, branch and fruit fungus

Other Scientific Names

• Diaporthe conorum (Desm.) Niessl
• Diaporthe controversa (DESMAZ.) NITSCHKE ex FUCK.
• Diaporthe mali
• Diaporthe occulta (FUCK.) NITSCHKE
• Diaporthe perniciosa Marchal
• Phoma conorum SACC.
• Phoma controversa SACC.
• Phoma mali Schulzer & Sacc.
• Phoma oblonga (=oblongum) DESMAZ.
• Phoma occulta SACC., non DESMAZ.
• Phomopsis conorum (SACC.) DIED.
• Phomopsis controversa Traverso
• Phomopsis mali (Schulzer & Sacc.) Roberge
• Phomopsis oblonga (Desm.) Höhnel [anamorph] (Desm.) Höhnel
• Phomopsis occulta (Sacc.) Traverso
• Phomopsis perniciosa GROVE
• Phomopsis scobina Höhnel
• Sphaeria conorum DESMAZ.
• Sphaeria controversa DESMAZ.
• Valsa occulta FUCKEL

International Common Names

• English: bark canker of pome fruit; dieback of conifers; dieback of fruit trees; fungal canker of pome fruit; phyllostictosis: apple; rough bark of apple; storage rot of apple
• Spanish: chancro de la corteza de los frutales; quemadura fomopsiana del peral
• French: chancre de l'ecorce des arbres fruitiers; chancre du pommier

EPPO code

• DIAPER (Diaporthe eres)

Taxonomic Tree

• Domain: Eukaryota
•     Kingdom: Fungi
•         Phylum: Ascomycota
•             Subphylum: Pezizomycotina
•                 Class: Sordariomycetes
•                     Subclass: Sordariomycetidae
•                         Order: Diaporthales
•                             Family: Diaporthaceae
•                                 Genus: Diaporthe
•                                     Species: Diaporthe eres

Distribution Table

The distribution in this summary table is based on all the information available. When several references are cited, they may give conflicting information on the status. Further details may be available for individual references in the Distribution Table Details section which can be selected by going to Generate Report.

Host plants/Plants Affected

References

EPPO, 2014. PQR database. Paris, France: European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization. http://www.eppo.int/DATABASES/pqr/pqr.htm

Khan NA, Mushtaq Ahmad, Muzaffar, Beig A, Dar GH, 2011. First report of phomopsis canker caused by Phomopsis mali from India. Applied Biological Research, 13(2):121-122. http://www.indianjournals.com/ijor.aspx?target=ijor:abr&volume=13&issue=2&article=014

Wang CX, Li BH, Dong XL, Li GF, 2011. First report of stem canker on cherry caused by Phomopsis perniciosa in Shandong Peninsula, eastern China. Plant Disease, 95(10):1316. http://apsjournals.apsnet.org/loi/pdis

Distribution Maps

• = Present, no further details
• = Evidence of pathogen
• = Widespread
• = Last reported
• = Localised
• = Presence unconfirmed
• = Confined and subject to quarantine
• = See regional map for distribution within the country
• = Occasional or few reports

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