Venturia pyrina | |
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Pear scab | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Dothideomycetes |
Order: | Pleosporales |
Family: | Venturiaceae |
Genus: | Venturia |
Species: | V. pyrina |
Binomial name | |
Venturia pyrina Aderh. (1896) | |
Synonyms | |
Endostigme pyrina (Aderh.) Syd. (1923) |
Venturia pyrina is a species of fungus in the family Venturiaceae. A plant pathogen, it causes scab or black spot of pear. It has a widespread distribution in temperate and subtropical regions wherever pears are grown.
References
- Sivanesan A, Waller JM (1974). "Venturia pirina". CMI Descriptions of Pathogenic Fungi and Bacteria (404). Kew, Surrey, England: Commonwealth Mycological Institute. doi:10.1079/DFB/20056400404.
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