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Lycopersicon esculentum Miller (Tomato)

Suggested Literature

Lycopersicon esculentum may be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
PLANTAE
(plants)
SPERMATOPHYTA
(vascular plants)
MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
MAGNOLIIDAE
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Associated with Lycopersicon esculentum:

Photos (dead) dead is decayed by effuse colony of Stemphylium dematiaceous anamorph Pleospora allii - an ascomycete (Pleosporales: Pleosporaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Photos (live) live is parasitised by Golovinomyces orontii - a powdery mildew (Erysiphales: Erysiphaceae) UK/Ireland Ing, B., 1990
Photos may be infected and damaged by Verticillium - a genus of anamorphic fungi (Hypocreales) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [causes wilt diseases. Cultural studies needed for identification.]
corky root corky root may be infected and damaged by mycelium Pyrenochaeta lycopersici - a coelomycete (Pleosporales) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [causes "Brown Root Rot". Cultural studies needed for identification.]
fruit (live) live fruit may be infected and damaged by colony Phytophthora infestans - Potato Blight Or Potato Late Blight (Causative Agent) (Pythiales: Pythiaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [causes "Tomato Late Blight", common on outdoor plants in wet seasons Causes brown or blackish-brown blotches. Fruit later rot.]
fruit (live) live fruit may be infected and damaged by immersed pseudothecium Didymella lycopersici - an ascomycete (Pleosporales) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [causes fruit rot]
fruit (live) live fruit may be infected and damaged by immersed or erumpent pycnidium of coelomycetous anamorph Didymella lycopersici - an ascomycete (Pleosporales) Major Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [causes fruit rot]
Photos fruit (live) live fruit may be infected and damaged by Botrytis dematiaceous anamorph Botrytis cinerea - a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus (Helotiales: Sclerotiniaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [causes stem, leaf and fruit rot in cold greenhouses]
fruit (live) live fruit is spotted by Alternaria dematiaceous anamorph Alternaria tomato - a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus (Pleosporales: Pleosporaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [causes spots which resemble the heads of nails]
fruit (live, green) live, green fruit may be infected and damaged by erumpent pycnidium of Phoma coelomycetous anamorph Phoma destructiva - a coelomycete (Pleosporales) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
fruit (live, ripe) live, ripe fruit may be infected and damaged by erumpent pycnidium of Phoma coelomycetous anamorph Phoma destructiva - a coelomycete (Pleosporales) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
fruit (rotten) rotten fruit may be infected and damaged by immersed pseudothecium Didymella lycopersici - an ascomycete (Pleosporales) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [causes fruit rot]
fruit (rotten) rotten fruit may be infected and damaged by immersed or erumpent pycnidium of coelomycetous anamorph Didymella lycopersici - an ascomycete (Pleosporales) Major Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [causes fruit rot]
leaf (dead) dead leaf is decayed by effuse colony of Trichoderma anamorph Trichoderma longibrachiatum - an anamorphic fungus (Hypocreales: Hypocreaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
leaf (live) live leaf is mined by larva Liriomyza bryoniae - a leaf-mining fly (Diptera: Agromyzidae) UK/Ireland Spencer, K.A., 1972 [short irregular linear mine]
leaf (live) live leaf may be infected and damaged by colony Phytophthora infestans - Potato Blight Or Potato Late Blight (Causative Agent) (Pythiales: Pythiaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [causes "Tomato Late Blight", common on outdoor plants in wet seasons. Causes dark-brown or blackish-purple areas.]
leaf (live) live leaf may be infected and damaged by hypophyllous, effuse colony Mycovellosiella fulva - an ascomycete (Mycosphaerellales: Mycosphaerellaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [Leaf mould disease, especially of plants grown under glass. Upper leaf surface yellowish then reddish brown.]
leaf (live) live leaf may be infected and damaged by immersed or erumpent pycnidium of coelomycetous anamorph Didymella lycopersici - an ascomycete (Pleosporales) Major Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
leaf (live) live leaf may be infected and damaged by immersed pseudothecium Didymella lycopersici - an ascomycete (Pleosporales) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
Photos leaf (live) live leaf may be infected and damaged by Botrytis dematiaceous anamorph Botrytis cinerea - a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus (Helotiales: Sclerotiniaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [causes stem, leaf and fruit rot in cold greenhouses]
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by Alternaria dematiaceous anamorph Alternaria solani - a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus (Pleosporales: Pleosporaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [causes zonate brown spots]
leaf (live) live leaf is spotted by Alternaria dematiaceous anamorph Alternaria tomato - a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus (Pleosporales: Pleosporaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [causes small sunken blackish-brown spots, which tend to become pale in the centre]
root (live) live root may be infected and damaged by acervulus of Colletotrichum coelomycetous anamorph Colletotrichum coccodes - a coelomycete (Phyllachorales: Phyllachoraceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [causes "black dot" disease]
stem (dead) dead stem is decayed by effuse colony of Trichoderma anamorph Trichoderma longibrachiatum - an anamorphic fungus (Hypocreales: Hypocreaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997
stem (dead, decayed) dead, decayed stem is decayed by basidiome Calyptella campanula - a cyphelloid fungus (Agaricales: Tricholomataceae) Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 [causes "Calyptella Root Rot" of tomatoes]
stem (live) live stem may be infected and damaged by colony Phytophthora infestans - Potato Blight Or Potato Late Blight (Causative Agent) (Pythiales: Pythiaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [causes "Tomato Late Blight", common on outdoor plants in wet seasons. Causes dark-brown or blackish-purple areas.]
Photos stem (live) live stem may be infected and damaged by Botrytis dematiaceous anamorph Botrytis cinerea - a dematiaceous anamorphic fungus (Helotiales: Sclerotiniaceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [causes stem, leaf and fruit rot in cold greenhouses]
stem (live) live stem may be infected and damaged by acervulus of Colletotrichum coelomycetous anamorph Colletotrichum coccodes - a coelomycete (Phyllachorales: Phyllachoraceae) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [causes "black dot" disease]
stem (live, cankered) live, cankered stem may be infected and damaged by immersed pseudothecium Didymella lycopersici - an ascomycete (Pleosporales) Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [causes stem rot. Dark brown canker girdles the stem just above soil level and the plant collapses]
stem (live, cankered) live, cankered stem may be infected and damaged by immersed or erumpent pycnidium of coelomycetous anamorph Didymella lycopersici - an ascomycete (Pleosporales) Major Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 [causes stem rot. Dark brown canker girdles the stem just above soil level and the plant collapses]

Lycopersicon esculentum may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
MAGNOLIIDAE
(dicotyledonous flowering plants)

References

Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook
Ing, B., 1990 An Introduction to British Powdery Mildews
Legon, N.W. & Henrici, A. with Roberts, P.J., Spooner, B.M. & Watling, R., 2005 Checklist of the British and Irish Basidiomycota
Spencer, K.A., 1972 Diptera: Agromyzidae

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