Database of Plant Diseases in Japan

Details of Bananas Banana leaf spot, Sigatoka disease, Sigatoka leaf disease
Host plant
  • Bananas
Disease nameBanana leaf spot, Sigatoka disease, Sigatoka leaf disease
Disease name (Japanese)
  • 斑葉病 [han'yo-byo]
Pathogen/Cause (1)
  • Mycosphaerella minima Stahel
Pathogen/Cause (2)
  • Mycosphaerella musae (Spegazzini) Sydow & P. Sydow
Pathogen/Cause (3)
  • Mycosphaerella musicola J.L. Mulder
Pathogen/Cause (synonym) (3)
  • Cercospora musae Zimmermann
  • Metasphaeria musae (Zimmermann) Sawada
References (3)
  • 澤田兼吉:台湾大農特別報 8(台湾産菌類調査報告 11):221, 1959
  • 渡邊龍雄:熱帯の果樹と作物の病害:11, 1977
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