Phomopsis canker on weeping fig in Newfoundland.

Phomopsis cinerescens and a Botryodiplodia sp. were isolated in pure cultures from cankers on Ficus benjamina, weeping fig tree, grown in a shopping mall, St. John's, Newfoundland. Analysis of the growing conditions suggested the trees were being subject to stress induced by light, nutrient and medium factors, inter aha. This report is the first of P. cinerescens on F. benjarnina in Canada. It is hypothesised that the fungus was introduced with the trees, penetrated through bark wounds, and incubated under conditions stressful to the well-being of the tree.