Cercosporella rubi

Cercosporella rubi (commonly called double blossom[1] or witches' broom[2]) is a plant pathogen which causes rosette disease of blackberry. The disease is particularly prevalent in the southeast of the USA, where it poses one of the largest threats to commercial blackberry production.[3][4][1] The disease causes witch's broom symptoms as well as double blossoms, and can severely reduce yield.[3]

Cercosporella rubi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Dothideomycetes
Order: Capnodiales
Family: Mycosphaerellaceae
Genus: Cercosporella
Species:
C. rubi
Binomial name
Cercosporella rubi
(G. Winter) Plakidas, (1937)
Synonyms

Fusisporium rubi G. Winter, (1885)
Ramularia rubi (G. Winter) Wollenw., (1916)

References

  1. Fernandez, Gina; Ballington, James. "Growing blackberries in North Carolina". North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service & North Carolina University Press. p. 1. Archived from the original on 8 January 2016. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
  2. "Blackberry, Dewberry, and Boysenberry". Texas Plant Disease Handbook. Texas A&M AgriLife Extension. Retrieved 9 October 2015.
  3. Lyman, MR; Curry KJ; Smith BJ; Diehl SV (2004). "Effect of Cercosporella rubi on Blackberry Floral Bud Development". Plant Disease. APS. 88 (2): 195–204. doi:10.1094/PDIS.2004.88.2.195. PMID 30812428. Retrieved 2008-09-08.
  4. Smith, BJ; Killebrew, JF. "EPIDEMIOLOGY AND CONTROL OF BLACKBERRY ROSETTE CAUSED BY THE FUNGUS CERCOSPORELLA RUBI". Acta Horticulturae. ISHS. 585.


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