Pyrenophora graminea | |
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P. graminea on Hordeum vulgare | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Dothideomycetes |
Order: | Pleosporales |
Family: | Pleosporaceae |
Genus: | Pyrenophora |
Species: | P. graminea
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Binomial name | |
Pyrenophora graminea | |
Synonyms | |
Brachysporium gracile var. gramineum (Rabenh.) Sacc. |
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]