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Pacific Pests, Pathogens & Weeds

Breadfruit leaf blotch (323)


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Summary

  • Narrow distribution. Only on breadfruit. Minor fungal disease.
  • Leaf spots absent; dingy dark-brown to blackish sooty mould on lower surface of leaf. Spores are spread in the wind.
  • Cultural control: none
  • Chemical control: none

Common Name

Breadfruit leaf blotch

Scientific Name

Pseudocercospora artocarpicola


AUTHORS Grahame Jackson & Eric McKenzie 
Information from (and Photo 1) McKenzie E (2013) Pseudocercospora artocarpicola: PaDIL - (http://www.padil.gov.au).

Produced with support from the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research under project PC/2010/090: Strengthening integrated crop management research in the Pacific Islands in support of sustainable intensification of high-value crop production, implemented by the University of Queensland and the Secretariat of the Pacific Community.

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