First Report of Plumeria Rust, Caused by Coleosporium plumeriae, in Thailand

Authors

  • CHAIWAT TO-ANUN Department of Plant Pathology, Faculty of Agriculture, Chiang Mai University, Chiangmai 50200, THAILAND
  • NIPHON VISARATHANONTH Department of Plant Pathology, Faculty of Agriculture, Kasetsart University, Bangkok, 10900, THAILAND
  • JINTANA ENGKHANINUN Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tennodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8572, JAPAN
  • MAKOTO KAKISHIMA Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tennodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8572, JAPAN

Keywords:

rust, Coleosporium plumeriae, Plumeria acuminata

Abstract

Coleosporium plumeriae Pat. is a rust fungus (Melampsoraceae) found on Plumeria species. The disease is characterized by the formation of powdery, bright yellow-orange, erumpent, hypophyllous, punctiform uredinia on the abaxial portion of the leaf. The spermagonial and aecial states are unknown. Urediniospores are subglobose to angular, catenulate, coarsely verrucose with bluntly capitate, annulate tubercles, germ pores unconspicous, two or four, scattered. Lesions on the adaxial surface consist of minute spots with yellow color turning brown with age. This is the first report of a rust disease attacking leaves of Plumeria acuminata Ait. in Thailand.

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Published

2004-04-01

How to Cite

[1]
TO-ANUN, C., VISARATHANONTH, N., ENGKHANINUN, J. and KAKISHIMA, M. 2004. First Report of Plumeria Rust, Caused by Coleosporium plumeriae, in Thailand. Tropical Natural History. 4, 1 (Apr. 2004), 41–46.

Issue

Vol. 4 No. 1 (2004): The Natural History Journal of Chulalongkorn University

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Original Articles

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