 Photo by Cesar Calderon, USDA APHIS PPQ, Bugwood.org |
- Fungal disease causing fruit drop and marking of mature fruit
- Discrete spots appear on the leaves along the midrib, which may merge into star-like patterns
- As disease progresses leaves become distorted and stunted
- Symptoms on fruit appear as corky, raised brown to purplish brown spots which enlarge to form large rough areas
- Long distance dispersal likely through infested propagation material
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High priority pest of: Avocados
Scientific name: Elsinoe perseae syn.
Sphaceloma perseaeEPPRD Category:
Life Form: Fungus
Pest Documents
FS: fact sheet
CP: contingency plan
DP: diagnostic protocol
