Neocamarosporium betae is a plant pathogen infecting Beta vulgaris (beet) and causes Phoma leaf spot.
It was originally published and described in 1877 as Pleospora betae before being resolved as Neocamarosporium betae (Berl.) Ariyaw. & K.D. Hyde in 2015.[2][3]
It also causes leaf spot on Spinach plants.[4]
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| Neocamarosporium betae |
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| Neocamarosporium betae (syn Pleospora betae) on spinach |
| Scientific classification |
| Kingdom: |
Fungi |
| Division: |
Ascomycota |
| Class: |
Dothideomycetes |
| Order: |
Pleosporales |
| Family: |
Neocamarosporiaceae |
| Genus: |
Neocamarosporium |
| Species: |
N. betae |
| Binomial name |
Neocamarosporium betae
(Berl.) Ariyaw. & K.D. Hyde [1] |
| Synonyms[2] |
- Phoma betae A.B. Frank, Z. Rubenzuch. 42: 903 (1892)
- Phoma spinaciae Bubák & K. Krieg., in Bubák, Annls mycol. 10(1): 47 (1912)
- Phoma tabifica (Prill.) Sacc., Syll. fung. (Abellini) 10: 180 (1892)
- Phyllosticta betae Oudem., Ned. kruidk. Archf, 2 sér. 2: 181 (1877)
- Phyllosticta spinaciae H. Zimm., Verh. nat. Ver. Brünn 47: 87 (1909)
- Phyllosticta tabifica Prill., Bull. Soc. mycol. Fr. 7: 19 (1891)
- Pleospora betae Björl., Bot. Notiser: 218 (1944)
- Pleospora betae (Berl.) Nevod., Griby rossi exsiccati: no. 247 (1915)
- Pleospora bjoerlingii Byford, Trans. Br. mycol. Soc. 46(4): 614 (1963)
- Pyrenophora echinella var. betae Berl., Nuovo G. bot. ital. 20(2): 208 (1888)
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It contains the chemical substances betaenone A,[5] B and C. Pleospora betae develops on dead beet residues and is a marsupial stage of the Phoma betae anamorph, parasitizing on beets and causing a number of harmful diseases.
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