Bipolaris cookei

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Bipolaris cookei
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Dothideomycetes
Order: Pleosporales
Family: Pleosporaceae
Genus: Bipolaris
Species:
B. cookei
Binomial name
Bipolaris cookei
(Sacc.) Shoemaker, (1959)
Synonyms

Bipolaris sorghicola(Lefebvre & Sherwin) Alcorn (1983)
Drechslera cookei(Sacc.) Subram. & B.L. Jain (1966)
Drechslera sorghicola(Lefebvre & Sherwin) M.J. Richardson & E.M. Fraser (1968)
Helminthosporium cookeiSacc. (1886)
Helminthosporium sorghiCooke (1874)
Helminthosporium sorghicolaLefebvre & Sherwin (1949)

Bipolaris cookei is a plant pathogen that affects sorghum, infecting leaf veins and lesions and causing target leaf spot. It is found in the United States, Sudan, Israel, Cyprus, South America, and India. [1]

References

  1. Nyvall, Robert F. Field crop diseases. Ames, IA: Iowa State University Press, 1999.