ascochyta

See also: Ascochyta

English

Etymology

From the genus name.

Noun

ascochyta

1. Any fungus of the genus Ascochyta.
   • 2001, Derek Soper, A guide to seed treatments in the UK, page 25:

     Other seed-borne diseases are the Alternarias, Ascochytas, Black leg, Black rot. Canker, Neck rot and Septorias.

   • 2016 February 6, “Transcriptome Analysis of an Anthracnose-Resistant Tea Plant Cultivar Reveals Genes Associated with Resistance to Colletotrichum camelliae”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     Furthermore, induction of four enzymes in the phenylpropanoid pathway is important for resistance to ascochyta blight disease in the chickpea.