Database of Plant Diseases in Japan

Details of Chestnuts Melanconis canker, Melanconis shoot blight
Host plant
  • Chestnuts, Chinese chestnut, Japanese chestnut
Disease nameMelanconis canker, Melanconis shoot blight
Disease name (Japanese)
  • 黒粒枝枯病 [kurotsubu-edagare-byo]
Pathogen/Cause
  • Melanconis microspora Tak. Kobayashi
Pathogen/Cause (synonym)
  • Melanconium gourdaeforme Tak. Kobayashi
References
  • Kobayashi, T.:Trans. Mycol. Soc. Japan 9(1):1, 1968
  • Kobayashi, T.:Bull. Gov. For. Exp. Sta. 226:1, 1970
  • 小林享夫:日林誌 53(3):57, 1971
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