Pseudocercospora ulei

Pseudocercospora ulei is a fungal plant pathogen infecting rubber trees (Hevea brasiliensis and other members of the genus). The disease is called South American leaf blight (SALB) and is the reason that rubber tree plantations such as Fordlândia fail in the New World.^[1] Under its synonym Microcyclus ulei it has been recognized as a potentially catastrophic threat to the world economy, as there is currently no existing fungicide or treatment.^[2] Its genome has been sequenced.^[3]

Division:Ascomycota

Class:Dothideomycetes

Order:Mycosphaerellales

Family:Mycosphaerellaceae

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Pseudocercospora ulei
Effects of Pseudocercospora ulei on Hevea brasiliensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Dothideomycetes
Order:	Mycosphaerellales
Family:	Mycosphaerellaceae
Genus:	Pseudocercospora
Species:	P. ulei
Binomial name
Pseudocercospora ulei (Henn.) B.T. Hora & Mizubuti, 2013
Synonyms
Aposphaeria ulei Henn., Notizbl. Königl. bot. Gart. Museum Berlin 4(no. 34): 135 (1904) Dothidella ulei Henn., Notizbl. Königl. bot. Gart. Museum Berlin 4(no. 34): 134 (1904) Fusicladium macrosporum J. Kuijper, Rec. Trav. bot. Néerl. 8: 374 (1911) Fusicladium heveae K. Schub. & U. Braun, in Crous & Braun, CBS Diversity Ser. (Utrecht) 1: 481 (2003) Melanopsammopsis ulei (Henn.) Stahel, Bull. Dep. Landb. Suriname 34: 111 (1917) Microcyclus ulei (Henn.) Arx, in Müller & von Arx, Beitr. Kryptfl. Schweiz 11(no. 2): 373 (1962)

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