| Septoria | |
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| S. lycopersici ontomato | |
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| S. apiicola oncelery | |
Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Dothideomycetes |
| Order: | Mycosphaerellales |
| Family: | Mycosphaerellaceae |
| Genus: | Septoria Sacc. (1884) |
| Type species | |
| Septoria cytisi Desm. (1847) | |
| Species | |
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Septoria is a genus offungalplant pathogens in the phylumAscomycota. They cause necroticleaf spots on the leaves of their hosts, producing filiform or cylindricalconidia insidepycnidia embedded in the leaves.[1] Economically important species cause diseases onfield crops,forages, andvegetables. Thegenus is widespread, and estimated to contain 1072 species.[2]
Septoria apiicola is the cause of late blight ofcelery. It can survive on seeds, causing disease in the seedlings when they germinate.[3]
Several species ofpassion flower are infected by several species ofSeptoria. One species, initially thought to beSeptoria passiflorae, but actually anundescribed species, has been used to control theinvasivePassiflora tarminiana in Hawai'i.[4]
Thepycnidia produceconidia, which are pushed out through an opening. They are spread by splashing rain.[5]
In 2013, two large volumes (about 80 pages a piece) onSeptoria and septoria-like fungi were published in the open access journalStudies in Mycology. In these papers by Quaedvlieg et al. and Verkley et al., the genusSeptoria is clearly defined and identification techniques are discussed in detail. Besides going into detail about the genusSeptoria s. str., many septoria-like genera are discussed and clearly illustrated.[6][1]
Species include:
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