Botryosphaeria cocogena is a fungus species in the family Botryosphaeriaceae. Originally discovered in the Brazilian Amazon rainforest, it is a plant pathogen that causes blight in coconut leaves.[1]
Botryosphaeria cocogena | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Dothideomycetes |
Order: | Botryosphaeriales |
Family: | Botryosphaeriaceae |
Genus: | Botryosphaeria |
Species: | B. cocogena
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Binomial name | |
Botryosphaeria cocogena Subileau, Renard & Lacoste (1994)
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References
edit- ^ Subileau C, Renard JL, Lacoste L (1994). "Botryosphaeria cocogena nov.sp. Agent causal du dessèchement foliaire du cocotier au Brésil". Mycotaxon (in French). 51: 5–14.