Database of Plant Diseases in Japan

Details of Azalea Tar spot
Host plant
  • Azalea
Disease nameTar spot
Disease name (Japanese)
  • 黒紋病 [kokumon-byo]
Pathogen/Cause (1)
  • Rhytisma shiraianum Hemmi & Kurata
Pathogen/Cause (synonym) (1)
  • Melasmia rhododendri Hennings & Shirai
References (1)
  • 原 攝祐:実用作物病理学:584, 1925(大14)
  • 松村任三:帝国植物名鑑(上):153, 1904(明37)
  • 逸見武雄・倉田静子:植物病害研究 1:7, 1931(昭6)
Pathogen/Cause (2)
  • Melasmia menziesiae Sawada non Dearness & Bertholomew
References (2)
  • 澤田兼吉:林試研報 105:70, 1958
Pathogen/Cause (3)
  • Melasmia rhododendrina Hara
References (3)
  • 原 攝祐:実験作物病理学:904, 1930(昭5)
Pathogen/Cause (4)
  • Melasmia therorhodii Sawada
References (4)
  • 澤田兼吉:林試研報 105:71, 1958
  • 勝本 謙:植物病原菌類図説(小林享夫ら編):374, 1992
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