Pyrenophora graminea

Pyrenophora graminea
P. graminea on Hordeum vulgare
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Dothideomycetes
Order: Pleosporales
Family: Pleosporaceae
Genus: Pyrenophora
Species:
P. graminea
Binomial name
Pyrenophora graminea
S.Ito & Kurib. 1931
Synonyms

Brachysporium gracile var. gramineum (Rabenh.) Sacc.
Drechslera graminea (Rabenh. ex Schltdl.)
Drechslera teres subsp. graminea (Rabenh. ex Schltdl.)
Helminthosporium gramineum Rabenh. ex Schltdl
Napicladium hordei Rostr.
Pleospora graminea Died.
Pyrenophora teres subsp. graminea (S. Ito & Kurib.)
Pyrenophora graminea S. Ito & Kurib.

Pyrenophora graminea is the causal agent of barley stripe. Barley stripe is disease of barley that once caused significant crop yield losses in many areas of the world.[1] Its associated anamorph is Drechslera graminea (Rabenhorst ex Schlechtendal) S. Ito 1930.[2]

  1. ^ Mathre, D.E. (1997). Compendium of barley diseases. American Phytopathological Society. pp. 120 pp.
  2. ^ P.W. Crous, W. Gams, J.A. Stalpers, V. Robert and G. Stegehuis. 2004. MycoBank: an online initiative to launch mycology into the 21st century. Studies in Mycology 50: 19–22.