Myrothecium roridum (blight: eggplant)

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Title Symptoms Caption Leaf spot of soyabean caused by M. roridum; leaves showing round to oval spots with light-brown centre portions encircled by thick, dark-brown rings. Copyright Ved Prakash Gupta	Symptoms	Leaf spot of soyabean caused by M. roridum; leaves showing round to oval spots with light-brown centre portions encircled by thick, dark-brown rings.	Ved Prakash Gupta
Title Symptoms Caption Leaf spot of soyabean caused by M. roridum; leaves showing round to oval spots with a light-brown centre portion encircled by a thick, dark-brown ring. Copyright Ved Prakash Gupta	Symptoms	Leaf spot of soyabean caused by M. roridum; leaves showing round to oval spots with a light-brown centre portion encircled by a thick, dark-brown ring.	Ved Prakash Gupta

Identity

Preferred Scientific Name

• Myrothecium roridum Tode

Preferred Common Name

• blight: eggplant

International Common Names

• English: leaf spot: coffee; myrothecium leaf spot; ring rot: tomato; stem necrosis: coffee
• Spanish: necrosis del cafe; podredumbre anular de las solanaceas
• French: necrose du cafeier; pourriture annulaire des solanacees

Local Common Names

• Germany: Blattflecken: Kaffee; Rindennekrose: Kaffeesaemling

EPPO code

• MYRORO (Myrothecium roridum)

Taxonomic Tree

• Domain: Eukaryota
•     Kingdom: Fungi
•         Phylum: Ascomycota
•             Subphylum: Pezizomycotina
•                 Class: Sordariomycetes
•                     Subclass: Hypocreomycetidae
•                         Order: Hypocreales
•                             Genus: Myrothecium
•                                 Species: Myrothecium roridum

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

Growth Stages

References

Ben HaiYan, Gao Wei, Qu HongYun, Chai ALi, Shi YanXia, Xie XueWen, Li BaoJu, 2016. New host record of Myrothecium roridum causing leaf spot on Abutilon megapotamicum from China. Journal of Phytopathology, 164(7/8):563-566. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1439-0434

Ben HaiYan, Zhao YanJie, Chai ALi, Shi YanXia, Xie XueWen, Li BaoJu, 2015. First report of Myrothecium roridum causing leaf spot on Anthurium andraeanum in China. Journal of Phytopathology, 163(2):144-147. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1439-0434

Brooks F, 2002. List of Plant Diseases in American Samoa 2002. Land Grant Technical Report No. 44. Pago Pago, American Samoa: American Samoa Community College Land Grant Program.

Cabral CS, Henz GP, Moreira AJA, Reis A, 2009. New cucurbitaceous hosts of Myrothecium roridum in Amazonas State, Brazil. Tropical Plant Pathology, 34(6):402-405. http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1982-56762009000600006&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en

Hong CF, Tsai SF, Yeh HC, Fan MC, 2013. First report of Myrothecium roridum causing myrothecium leaf spot on Dieffenbachia picta 'Camilla' in Taiwan. Plant Disease, 97(9):1253. http://apsjournals.apsnet.org/loi/pdis

Li BJ, Ben HY, Shi YX, Xie XW, Chai AL, 2014. First report of Myrothecium roridum causing leaf spot on Zantedeschia aethiopica in China. Plant Disease, 98(6):854. http://apsjournals.apsnet.org/loi/pdis

Li BJ, Chai AL, Ben HY, 2015. First report of Myrothecium roridum causing leaf spot of Swedish ivy in China. Plant Disease, 99(10):1447. http://apsjournals.apsnet.org/loi/pdis

Mmbaga MT, Li Y, Kim MS, 2010. First report of Myrothecium roridum causing leaf spot on garden hydrangea in the United States. Plant Disease, 94(10):1266. http://apsjournals.apsnet.org/loi/pdis

UK CAB International, 1984. Myrothecium roridum. [Distribution map]. Distribution Maps of Plant Diseases, December (Edition 2):Map 458.

Zhang YX, Huang JH, Xiang MM, 2011. First report of Myrothecium leaf spot of Hemionitis arifolia caused by Myrothecium roridum in China. Plant Disease, 95(8):1030. 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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