Cercospora

Cercospora
A sweet pepper leaf showing 'frogeye' leaf spot (Cercospora capsici)
Scientific Classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Phylum:	Ascomycota
Class:	Dothideomycetes
Order:	Dothideales
Genus:	Cercospora

Cercospora is a genus of ascomycete fungi. Several species of this genus cause plant diseases, mostly forms of leaf spot. It is a relatively well-studied genus of fungi but there are countless species not yet described, and there is still much to learn about the most well-known of the species.

Important species

Important species of Cercospora

• C. apii and C. apiicola
  • Cercospora leaf spot of celery
• C. asparagi
  • Cercospora leaf spot of asparagus
• C. beticola
  • Beet cercospora disease
• C. brassicicola
  • White leaf spot (Brassica)
• C. capsici
  • Frogeye leaf spot of peppers
• C. carotae
  • Cercospora leaf spot of carrot
• C. fragariae
  • Strawberry leaf spot
• C. longissima
  • Cercospora leaf spot of lettuce
• C. pisa-sativae
  • Cercospora leaf spot peas
• C. solani
  • Cercospora leaf spot of potato
• C. zeae-maydis
  • Grey leaf spot of corn

Examples

Common beet (Beet cercospora disease C. beticola)

Turnip (White leaf spot (Brassica) C. brassicicola)

Cabbage (White leaf spot (Brassica) C. brassicicola)

Carrot (Cercospora leaf spot of carrot C. carotae)

Sweet corn (Grey leaf spot of corn C. zeae-maydis)