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Andrew K. Gonsalves, E ducational Specialist
Stephen A. Ferreira, Extension Plant Pathologist
Department of Plant Pathology, CTAHR
University of Hawaii at Manoa
Four Ceratocystis species have been reported to occur in Hawaii (Raabe, et al., 1981). The following is a list of the reported pathogens from this genus (Ceratocystis) and the hosts they infect. The list is organized by the scientific name of the pathogen species (CAPITAL LETTERS), followed by the symptom or disease a given pathogen causes on the listed hosts.
CERATOCYSTIS ADIPOSA
Black Rot:
CERATOCYSTIS FIMBRIATA
Blight:
CERATOCYSTIS KOEPKEI
Yellow Spot:
CERATOCYSTIS PARADOXA
Bleeding Canker:
Fruit Rot:
Fruit and Butt Rot:
Other:
KINGDOM: Mycetae (fungi)
DIVISION: Eumycota
SUBDIVISION: Ascomycotina (The sac fungi)
CLASS: Pyrenomycetes (The perithecial fungi)
ORDER: Sphaeriales
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Agrios, G.N. 1988. Plant Pathology, 3rd edition. Academic Press, Inc: San Diego. 803 pp.
Farr, , D.F., G.F. Bills, G.P. Chamuris, and A.Y. Rossman. 1989. Fungi on Plants and Plant Products in the United States. APS PRESS: St. Paul, Minnesota. 1252 pp.
Raabe, Robert D., Ibra L. Conners, and Albert P. Martinez. 1981. Checklist of Plant Diseases in Hawaii. Hawaii Institute of Agriculture and Human Resources, College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources, University of Hawaii (Information Text Series 022).
Streets, R.B. 1982. The Diagnosis of Plant Diseases: a field and laboratory manual emphasizing the most practical methods for rapid identification. The University of Arizona Press: Tucson, Arizona.
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