Phoma exigua

Phoma exigua
Phoma exigua spores
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Phylum: Ascomycota
Class: Dothideomycetes
Subclass: Pleosporomycetidae
Order: Pleosporales
Family: Incertae sedis
Genus: Phoma
Species: P. exigua
Binomial name
Phoma exigua
Sacc., (1879)
Synonyms

Phomopsis perexigua (Sacc.) Traverso, (1906)
Phyllosticta sambuci Desm., (1847)

Phoma exigua (syn. Ascochyta gossypii) is a fungal plant pathogen. It causes wet weather blight in cotton and it can be treated with systemic copper.

Varieties of Phoma exigua

  • Phoma exigua var. exigua
  • Phoma exigua var. heteromorpha
  • Phoma exigua var. lincola
  • Phoma exigua var. solanicola

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