Abstract
In citrus-growing areas of Brazil, the conidia and ascospores produced by Phyllosticta citricarpa, causal agent of Citrus Black Spot (CBS), is epidemiologically important. Monitoring and quantification of P. citricarpa inoculum have been performed with spore traps, which do not capture conidia. In South Africa, the susceptibility period of sweet orange fruit to P. citricarpa infection has…