Rosellinia pepo is a plant pathogen infecting the roots of the cacao tree distributed across Central America, West Indies and West Africa.[1]
| Rosellinia pepo | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Sordariomycetes |
| Order: | Xylariales |
| Family: | Xylariaceae |
| Genus: | Rosellinia |
| Species: | R. pepo
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| Binomial name | |
| Rosellinia pepo Pat. (1908)
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References
edit- ^ Ploetz, Randy C. (December 2007). "Cacao Diseases: Important Threats to Chocolate Production Worldwide". Phytopathology. 97 (12): 1634–1639. doi:10.1094/PHYTO-97-12-1634. ISSN 0031-949X. PMID 18943724.
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