Pseudocercospora pistacina
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Dothideomycetes |
| Order: | Capnodiales |
| Family: | Mycosphaerellaceae |
| Genus: | Pseudocercospora |
| Species: | P. pistacina
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| Binomial name | |
| Pseudocercospora pistacina (Allesch.) Crous, Quaedvl. & Sarpkaya
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Pseudocercospora pistacina is a species of fungus in the family Mycosphaerellaceae.[1] Known from Greece, Iran, Syria, and Turkey, it is a plant pathogen that infects the leaves of pistachio trees (Pistacia vera).[2] It is one of the causative agents of a leaf spot disease commonly known as Pseudocercospora leaf spot (PLS) or Septoria leaf spot (SLS), alongside Septoria pistaciarum and Septoria pistaciae.[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b Bensch, K. (ed.). "Pseudocercospora pistacina". MycoBank. International Mycological Association and Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute. Retrieved 3 June 2025.
- ^ Crous, Pedro W.; Quaedvlieg, William; Sarpkaya, Kamil; Can, Canan; Erkılıç, Ali (2013). "Septoria-like pathogens causing leaf and fruit spot of pistachio". IMA Fungus. 4 (2): 187–199. doi:10.5598/imafungus.2013.04.02.04. PMC 3905937. PMID 24563831.
- ^ Sarpkaya, K.; Erkılıç, A. (2020). "Studies on biology, epidemiology and control of Pseudocercospora pistacina in pistachio". Acta Horticulturae (1269): 33–40. doi:10.17660/ActaHortic.2020.1269.5.