Parasitic and saprophytic fungi on the species in the genus Paulownia

Abstract

The species in the genus Paulownia are distributed in Asia. In Serbia, the most represented species is P. tomentosa, widely used as an ornamental species in town green spaces. Other species - P. fortunei and P. elongata are also cultivated in forest plantations. The aim of this paper is to present the most frequent parasitic and saprophytic fungi on the species in the genus Paulownia and to point out their significance. Phyllactinia guttata, Ascochyta paulowniae and Phyllosticta paulowniae were described on the leaves and Diaporthe eres and Botryosphaeria obtusa were described on the bark