Guignardia musae

Guignardia musae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Dothideomycetes
Order: Botryosphaeriales
Family: Botryosphaeriaceae
Genus: Guignardia
Species:
G. musae
Binomial name
Guignardia musae
Racib. (1909)
Synonyms

Macrophoma musae
Phoma musae
Phyllosticta musarum
Phyllostictina musarum
Sphaeropsis musarum

Guignardia musae is a fungal plant pathogen that causes banana freckle[1] a disease that forms water soaked lesions of banana fruit and is spread by rain splash.

References

  1. ^ French, Emily. "Australia battles banana freckle disease". Fruitnet. Retrieved 2026-03-11.


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