A serious disease of seedling rambutan caused by Pseudocercospora nephelii sp. nov.

Pseudocercospora nephelii is described from necrotic lesions on leaves of Nephelium lappaceum seedlings in Brunei, sometimes causing complete defoliation and death. The pathogen also occurs in Sabah and Selangor in Malaysia. Recommendations for control include treatment with mancozeb or benomyl.     

First record of Tapesia yallundae as the teleomorph of Pseudocercosporella herpotrichoides var. acuformis, and its occurrence in the field in the Federal Republic of Germany

Tapesia yallundae is reported for the first time in the Federal Republic of Germany. Apothecia were found on wheat and rye stubble at two sites in the north of the country and one in the centre, in April 1988. Isolates of Pseudocercosporella herpotrichoides var. acuformis were obtained from germinating single ascospores, identified on the basis of colony morphology, mode of conidial production and pathogenicity to wheat and rye.