Database of Plant Diseases in Japan

Details of Bluegrass Tar spot
Host plant
  • Bluegrass, Canada bluegrass, Kentucky bluegrass
Disease nameTar spot
Disease name (Japanese)
  • 黒ごま病* [kurogoma-byo]
Pathogen/Cause
  • Phyllachora graminis (Persoon) Nitschke ex Fuckel
Pathogen/Cause (synonym)
  • Phyllachora poae (Fuckel) Saccardo
  • Phyllachora poae-pratensis Sawada
References
  • 澤田兼吉:林試研報 53:161, 1952
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