Schizothyrium pomi is a plant pathogen of the sooty blotch and flyspeck complex, infecting apple, pear and citrus trees and carnations.

Schizothyrium pomi
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S. pomi
Binomial name
Schizothyrium pomi
(Mont. & Fr.) Arx, (1959)
Synonyms

Botryodiplodia pomi
Labrella pomi
Leptothyrium pomi
Microsticta pomi
Microthyriella paludosa
Microthyriella rubi
Schizothyrina rubi
Zygophiala jamaicensis [1]

As of 2008 it has been a presumed teleomorph of Zygophiala jamaicensis.[1][2]

References

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  1. ^ a b Batzer JC, Arias MM, Harrington TC, Gleason ML, Groenewald JZ, Crous PW. Four species of Zygophiala (Schizothyriaceae, Capnodiales) are associated with the sooty blotch and flyspeck complex on apple. Mycologia. 2008 Mar-Apr;100(2):246-58. PMID 18592899, DOI 10.3852/mycologia.100.2.246
  2. ^ "Greasy Blotch of Carnation and Flyspeck of Apple: Diseases caused by Zygophialia jamaicensis" (PDF). Retrieved 13 March 2022.
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