Venturia pyrina | |
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Pear scab | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Dothideomycetes |
Order: | Pleosporales |
Family: | Venturiaceae |
Genus: | Venturia |
Species: | V. pyrina
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Binomial name | |
Venturia pyrina Aderh. (1896)
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Synonyms | |
Endostigme pyrina (Aderh.) Syd. (1923) |
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]