Pseudocercospora fijiensis(MYCOFI)
Distribution details in Guadeloupe
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated
2012: Absent, unreliable record
From CABI Disease map 500 (2003): Present, no details
From CABI Disease map 500 (2003): Present, no details
The presence of black sigatoka was first observed in Januay 2012 in Guadeloupe. The older record (Lapeyre de Bellaire & Dubois, 1997) was considered by CABI (correspondance in 2004) as doubtful, most probably referring to another pathogen.
* Hubert J (2012) La cercosporiose noire aux Antilles Françaises. Bulletin d'Information no. 5. Laboratoire de la Santé des Végétaux, ANSES (FR), p 4.
* Lapeyre de Bellaire, L. de; Dubois, C. (1997) Plant Disease 81 (12), 1378-1383.
* Lapeyre de Bellaire, L. de; Dubois, C. (1997) Plant Disease 81 (12), 1378-1383.