Phoma sclerotioides

Phoma sclerotioides
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Dothideomycetes
Order: Pleosporales
Family: Didymellaceae
Genus: Phoma
Species:
P. sclerotioides
Binomial name
Phoma sclerotioides
Preuss ex Sacc. (1892)

Phoma sclerotioides is a plant pathogen and is the culprit for brown root rot disease in, for instance, alfalfa and clover.[1][2]

References

  1. ^ Wunsch, M. J.; Dillon, M. A.; Torres, R.; Schwartz, H. F.; Bergstrom, G. C. (April 2008). "First Report of Brown Root Rot of Alfalfa Caused by Phoma sclerotioides in Colorado and New Mexico". Plant Disease. 92 (4): 653–653. doi:10.1094/PDIS-92-4-0653A. ISSN 0191-2917.
  2. ^ V. Robert, G. Stegehuis and J. Stalpers. 2005. The MycoBank engine and related databases. https://www.mycobank.org/page/Name%20details%20page/21250