First record of Asperisporium caricae causing black spot of papaya in the Philippines
C. J. R. Cumagun A B and C. L. Padilla A
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A Crop Protection Cluster, University of the Philippines, Los Baños College, Laguna 4031, Philippines.
B Corresponding author. Email: christian_cumagun@yahoo.com
Australasian Plant Disease Notes 2(1) 89-90 https://doi.org/10.1071/DN07036
Submitted: 14 May 2007 Accepted: 30 May 2007 Published: 14 June 2007
Abstract
Black spot of papaya caused by Asperisporium caricae is reported for the first time in the Philippines. Among the four provinces surveyed, the disease was found on papaya variety ‘red lady’ in Batangas and Cavite, but not in Laguna and Quezon.
