Bipolaris cookei | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
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) |
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]