Septoria lavandulae. [Descriptions of Fungi and Bacteria].
Abstract A description is provided for Septoria lavandulae. Information is included on the disease caused by the organism, its transmission, geographical distribution, and hosts. DISEASE: Disease of living and withering leaves. The fungus causes small necrotic spots on the lower leaves of young plants (BOUNAURIO et al., 1996). Further development of S. lavandulae retards growth of the whole infected plant and promotes premature defoliation (ZHUKOVA, 1977). HOSTS: Lavandula angustifolia (syn. : L. spica), L. dentata, L. latifolia, L. officinalis, L. pyrenaica, L. stoechas, L. vera (Lamiaceae). [Type host-L. vera.] GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION: Africa: Madeira. Europe: Bulgaria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Sweden, UK, Ukraine. North America: USA (Ohio, Oklahoma). TRANSMISSION: By air-borne or splash dispersed conidia from infected bushes (WORMALD, 1925); also from infected plant débris.