Cochliobolus

Cochliobolus
Symptoms of "Cochliobolus miyabeanus", the causal agent of brown spot, on rice
Symptoms of Cochliobolus miyabeanus, the causal agent of brown spot, on rice
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Dothideomycetes
Order: Pleosporales
Family: Pleosporaceae
Genus: Cochliobolus
Drechsler
Type species
Cochliobolus heterostrophus
(Drechsler) Drechslera

The fungal genus Cochliobolus includes 19 species,[1] it includes some plant pathogenic species such as Cochliobolus heterostrophus. A lot of former Cochliobolus species were transferred to either Curvularia or Bipolaris genera.[1]

Cochliobolus heterostrophus is known from "southern corn blight" which affects corn and maize.[2]

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Fungorum was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Cochliobolus heterostrophus C5". Retrieved 25 October 2011.