Abstract
In September 2017, a heavy damage by premature defoliation with the zonate leaf spots was observed in several shrubs of
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Fig. 1. Zonate leaf spots of infected with . A, heavy infection in September, 2019; B, C, close-up of symptoms; D, a sporophore formed on the abaxial surface of a leaf lesion; E, five-day-old colony of on potato dextrose agar (PDA); F, three-week-old colony of G. moricola with formation of sclereotia (arrows) on PDA; G, close-up of sclerotia (arrows); H, a leaf showing small lesions 3 days after artificial inoculation; I, appearance of many sporophores on a leaf lesion 2 weeks after artificial inoculation; J, close-up of sporophores on a leaf lesion.