A subspecialty of internal medicine concerned with the metabolism, physiology, and disorders of the endocrine system. (MeSH. 2024. Endocrinology. https://meshb-prev.nlm.nih.gov/record/ui?ui=D004704)
Mycosphaerella fijiensis M. Morelet is a sexual, heterothallic fungus having Pseudocercospora fijiensis (M. Morelet) Deighton as the anamorph stage. It is a haploid, hemibiotrophic ascomycete within the class Dothideomycetes, order Capnodiales and family Mycosphaerellaceae. Mycosphaerella fijiensis is a leaf pathogen that causes reddish-brown streaks running parallel to the leaf veins, which aggregate to form larger, dark-brown to black compound streaks. (Churchill AC. Mycosphaerella fijiensis, the black leaf streak pathogen of banana: progress towards understanding pathogen biology and detection, disease development, and the challenges of control. Mol Plant Pathol. 2011 May;12(4):307-28. doi: 10.1111/j.1364-3703.2010.00672.x. Epub 2010 Nov 18. PMID: 21453427; PMCID: PMC6640443.)
