black sigatoka

English

Noun

black sigatoka (uncountable)

1. A leaf spot disease of banana plants, caused by the ascomycete fungus Mycosphaerella fijiensis (anamorph: Pseudocercospora fijiensis).

Synonyms

• black leaf streak

Coordinate terms

• (one of a group of banana diseases): yellow Sigatoka, eumusae leaf spot

Further reading

• black sigatoka on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Mycosphaerella on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Mycosphaerella on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Mycosphaerella fijiensis at MycoBank