First record of Passalora bougainvilleae causing leaf spot of bougainvillea in the Philippines

A. B. Ponaya; C. J. R. Cumagun

doi:10.1071/DN08002

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First record of Passalora bougainvilleae causing leaf spot of bougainvillea in the Philippines

A. B. Ponaya ^A and C. J. R. Cumagun ^A ^B

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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 3(1) 3-4 https://doi.org/10.1071/DN08002
Submitted: 30 November 2007 Accepted: 12 January 2008 Published: 30 January 2008

Abstract

A survey for cercosporoid fungi was conducted in residential gardens in Bay, Laguna, Philippines. One of the specimens was a bougainvillea with leaf spots on both young and mature leaves. The specimens were collected and studied in the laboratory for further identification of the causal pathogen. It was found out that leaf spots were caused by Passalora bougainvilleae. Leaf spot of bougainvillea caused by P. bougainvilleae is reported for the first time in the Philippines.

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