black sigatoka

English

Noun

black sigatoka (uncountable)

A leaf spot disease of banana plants, caused by the ascomycete fungus Mycosphaerella fijiensis (anamorph: Pseudocercospora fijiensis).

Synonyms

black leaf streak

Coordinate terms

(one of a group of banana diseases): yellow Sigatoka, eumusae leaf spot

Further reading

black sigatoka on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Mycosphaerella on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Mycosphaerella on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Mycosphaerella fijiensis at MycoBank

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