EPPO Global Database

Diplodia africana(DIPDAF)

Distribution details in South Africa

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2007: Present, no details
Comments
Found on peach (Prunus persica) in Paarl (Western Cape province) and associated with wood necrosis.
References
* Damm U, Crous PW, Fourie PH (2007) Botryosphaeriaceae as potential pathogens of Prunus species in South Africa, with descriptions of Diplodia africana and Lasiodiplodia plurivora sp. nov. Mycologia 99(5), 664-680.
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