Biology:Venturia pyrina

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Short description: Species of fungus

Venturia pyrina
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Pear scab
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Dothideomycetes
Order: Pleosporales
Family: Venturiaceae
Genus: Venturia
Species:
V. pyrina
Binomial name
Venturia pyrina
Aderh. (1896)
Synonyms

Endostigme pyrina (Aderh.) Syd. (1923)
Fusicladium pyrorum (Lib.) Fuckel [as 'pirinum'], (1870)
Fusicladium virescens Bonord. (1851)
Helminthosporium pyrorum Lib. [as 'Helmisporium'], (1832)
Megacladosporium pyrinum (Lib.) Vienn.-Bourg. (1949)
Venturia pyrina f. piri Bref. (1891)

Venturia pyrina is a species of fungus in the family Venturiaceae. A plant pathogen, it causes scab or black spot of pear. It has a widespread distribution in temperate and subtropical regions wherever pears are grown.[1]

References

  1. "Venturia pirina". CMI Descriptions of Pathogenic Fungi and Bacteria (Kew, Surrey, England: Commonwealth Mycological Institute) (404). 1974. doi:10.1079/DFB/20056400404. 

Wikidata ☰ Q1392732 entry