Plant Pathology
Litchi brown blight (Peronophthora litchi) | Litchi brown blight (Peronophthora litchi) |
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Litchi brown blight is a disease of lychee, causing browning of flowers and dessication of panicles attacking young and ripe fruits causing brown lesions and white downy growth or premature fruit drop. The disease is the most important disease of lychee. The litchi brown blight disease examined in this import risk analysis is caused by Peronophythora litchii. |