| Pestalotiopsis palmarum | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Sordariomycetes |
| Order: | Amphisphaeriales |
| Family: | Sporocadaceae |
| Genus: | Pestalotiopsis |
| Species: | P. palmarum
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| Binomial name | |
| Pestalotiopsis palmarum (Cooke) Steyaert, (1949)
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| Synonyms | |
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Disease of Palm Cooke, (1876) | |
Pestalotiopsis palmarum is the causative agent of a fungal disease of bananas, coconut and Date palms . The fungus causes leaf spots, petiole/rachis blights and sometimes bud rot of palms. Unlike other leaf spot and blight diseases, Pestalotiopsis palmarun attacks all parts of the leaf from the base to the tip. Whereas most diseases only infect the leaf blade or the leaf petiole.[1]
- ^ Elliott, Monica L. (2015-04-22). "Pestalotiopsis (Pestalotia) Diseases of Palm". edis.ifas.ufl.edu. Retrieved 2015-12-02.