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Fungal diseases; Crown rot Sclerotium rolfsii: Cylindrocarpon root rot Cylindrocarpon destructans: Fusarium root rot Fusarium solani: Gray mold Botrytis cinerea: Leaf spot Alternaria sp. Corynespora cassiicola. Phytophthora root and crown rot Phytophthora nicotianae var. parasitica Phytophthora nicotianae var. nicotianae Phytophthora cryptogea ...
Elaeis guineensis is a species of palm commonly just called oil palm but also sometimes African oil palm or macaw-fat. [3] It is the principal source of palm oil.It is native to west and southwest Africa, specifically the area between Angola and The Gambia; the species name, guineensis, refers to the name for the area called Guinea, and not the modern country Guinea now bearing that name.
Sclerotinia sclerotiorum. Sclerotinia sclerotiorum is a plant pathogenic fungus and can cause a disease called white mold if conditions are conducive. S. sclerotiorum can also be known as cottony rot, watery soft rot, stem rot, drop, crown rot and blossom blight. A key characteristic of this pathogen is its ability to produce black resting ...
Diplodia disease Diplodia phoenicum Lasiodiplodia theobromae = Diplodia natalensis. Fruit rots Alternaria spp. Aspergillus spp. Fusarium spp. Penicillium spp., etc. Graphiola leaf spot Graphiola phoenicis: Inflorescence rot Diplodia spp. Fusarium spp. hielaviopsis spp. Khamedj Mauginiella scaettae: Leaf dieback Alternaria sp. Omphalia root rot ...
Helicobasidium is a genus of fungi in the subdivision Pucciniomycotina. Basidiocarps (fruit bodies) are corticioid (patch-forming) and are typically violet to purple. Microscopically they have auricularioid (laterally septate) basidia. [1] Asexual anamorphs, formerly referred to the genus Thanatophytum, produce sclerotia. [1]
Pestalotiopsis palmarum. Pestalotiopsis palmarum is the causative agent of a fungal disease of bananas, coconut and Date palms . The fungus causes leaf spots, petiole / rachis blights and sometimes bud rot of palms. Unlike other leaf spot and blight diseases, Pestalotiopsis palmarun attacks all parts of the leaf from the base to the tip.
Phytophthora palmivora is an oomycete that causes bud-rot of palms, fruit-rot or kole-roga of coconut and areca nut. These are among the most serious diseases caused by fungi and moulds in South India. It occurs almost every year in Malnad, Mysore, North & South Kanara, Malabar and other areas.
Streptocarpus sect. Saintpaulia is a section within Streptocarpus subgenus Streptocarpella [1] consisting of about ten species of herbaceous perennial flowering plants in the family Gesneriaceae, native to Tanzania and adjacent southeastern Kenya in eastern tropical Africa. The section was previously treated as a separate genus, Saintpaulia ...