Database of Plant Diseases in Japan

Details of Azalea Exobasidium leaf blight
Host plant
  • Azalea
Disease nameExobasidium leaf blight
Disease name (Japanese)
  • 裏白もち病 [urajiro-mochi-byo]
Pathogen/Cause (1)
  • Exobasidium japonicum Shirai var. hypophyllum Ezuka
Pathogen/Cause (synonym) (1)
  • Exobasidium sp.
References (1)
  • 江塚昭典:日植病報 41(1):116, 1975
  • 江塚昭典:日菌報 31(4):443, 1990
Pathogen/Cause (2)
  • Exobasidium lushanense Zhen Ying Li & L. Guo
References (2)
  • 柴田紗帆・廣岡裕吏:日植病報 89(3):150, 2023
Pathogen/Cause (3)
  • Exobasidium otanianum Ezuka
References (3)
  • 江塚昭典:日菌報 32(1):75, 1991
Pathogen/Cause (4)
  • Exobasidium otanianum Ezuka var. satsumense X.Y. Zhang & Arai
References (4)
  • 張 星耀ら:日菌報 36:97, 1995
Pathogen/Cause (5)
  • Exobasidium sp.
References (5)
  • 柴田紗帆・廣岡裕吏:日植病報 89(3):150, 2023
Related strains20 strains
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