Taphrina maculans is a fungal plant pathogen that is the causative agent of leaf blotch of turmeric plants. It has been reported from Bangladesh and India.[1] The fungus was first described scientifically by Irish mycologist Edwin John Butler in 1911.[2]

Taphrina maculans
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Taphrinomycetes
Order: Taphrinales
Family: Taphrinaceae
Genus: Taphrina
Species:
T. maculans
Binomial name
Taphrina maculans
E.J.Butler (1911)

References

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  1. ^ Ravindran, P.N.; Babu, K. Nirmal; Sivaraman, Kandaswamy (2007). Turmeric: The genus Curcuma. CRC Press. ISBN 9781420006322.
  2. ^ Butler, E.J. (1911). "The leaf spot of turmeric (Taphrina maculans sp. nov.)". Annales Mycologici. 9: 36–39.