Cercospora blight
(Cercospora kikuchii)
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Maps
Widely Prevalent Plant Pathogen Status - This map is based on data from the Widely Prevalent Fungi Project, a collabaration between USDA APHIS PPQ and the American Phytopathological Society. See www.PrevalentFungi.org for more information.
State List - This map identifies those states that list this species on their invasive species list or law. For more information, visit Invasive.org
Invasive Listing Sources
No reference that we have lists this species as invasive in North America. This species is included for comparison to other species that are considered invasive.
Taxonomic Rank
| Kingdom: Fungi |
| Phylum: Ascomycota |
| Subphylum: Pezizomycotina |
| Class: Dothideomycetes |
| Subclass: Dothideomycetidae |
| Order: Capnodiales |
| Family: Mycosphaerellaceae |
| Genus: Cercospora |
| Subject: Cercospora kikuchii (Mastsumoto & Tomoyasu) M.W. Gardner |
Synonyms and Other Names
Other Common Names:
purple seed stain
Related Scientific Names:
Mycosphaerella phaseoli Chona & Munjal (Synonym)
References
Common Name Reference: Common Names of Plant Diseases
Scientific Name Reference: The CABI Bioscience Database of Fungal Names (Funindex) (Index Fungorum)