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Phyllosticta citricarpa (McAlpine) Aa 1973

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Sensu NZ = Guignardia mangiferae

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(McAlpine) Aa
McAlpine
Aa
1973
40
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Phyllosticta citricarpa

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Records of this fungus in New Zealand are known only as occurring on imported Australian grown sweet oranges.

Phyllosticta citricarpa (McAlpine) Aa 1973

Type: Foliicolous Fungi; Description: Conidiomata pycnidial, densely scattered, subepidermal, globose, brown, 0.1–0.3 mm in diameter, with a conspicuous papilla; on leaves without any definite leaf spots, also on petioles, twigs, and fruit. Conidia obovoid to elliptical, 0-septate, 6–13 × 5–9 μm, smooth, hyaline; with an apical, slimy appendage, 5–15 μm long.
Distribution: Northland, Auckland, Bay of Plenty.; 1st Record: Pennycook (1989: as Guignardia citricarpa).
Significance: The cause of ‘black spot’ on citrus fruit, a serious disease in many parts of the world (Smith et al. 1988) but not in New Zealand, where only weakly pathogenic forms appear to be present.; Host(s): Citrus grandis × reticulata, C. ×tangelo.

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Guignardia citricarpa Kiely 1949
Guignardia citricarpa Kiely 1949
Phyllosticta citricarpa (McAlpine) Aa 1973
Phyllosticta citricarpa (McAlpine) Aa 1973
Phyllosticta citricarpa (McAlpine) Aa (1973)
Phyllosticta citricarpa (McAlpine) Aa 1973
Phyllosticta citricarpa (McAlpine) Aa (1973)
Phyllosticta citricarpa (McAlpine) Aa 1973
Phyllosticta citricarpa (McAlpine) Aa (1973)
Phyllosticta citricarpa (McAlpine) Aa 1973
Phyllosticta citricarpa (McAlpine) Aa 1973
Phyllosticta citricarpa (McAlpine) Aa 1973
Phyllosticta citricarpa (McAlpine) Aa 1973
Phyllosticta citricarpa (McAlpine) Aa 1973

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