| Cochliobolus miyabeanus | |
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| Symptoms of Cochliobolus miyabeanus on rice | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Dothideomycetes |
| Order: | Pleosporales |
| Family: | Pleosporaceae |
| Genus: | Cochliobolus |
| Species: | C. miyabeanus
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| Binomial name | |
| Cochliobolus miyabeanus (S.Ito & Kurib.) Drechsler ex Dastur
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Cochliobolus miyabeanus (teleomorph, formerly known as Helminthosporium oryzae, anamorph Bipolaris oryzae) is a fungus that causes brown spot disease in rice.
It was considered for use by the US as a biological weapon against Japan during World War II.[1]
- ^ Cochrane, Rexmond (1947). History of the Chemical Warfare Service in World War II (1 July 1940 - 15 August 1945): Biological Warfare Research in the United States (Report). Vol. II. pp. 387–394. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 2, 2019. Retrieved 19 December 2018.