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Cochliobolus
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The fungal genus Cochliobolus includes 19 species,[1] it includes some plant pathogenic species such as Cochliobolus heterostrophus. A lot of former Cochliobolus species were transferred to either Curvularia or Bipolaris genera.[1]
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Cochliobolus | |
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Symptoms of Cochliobolus miyabeanus, the causal agent of brown spot, on rice | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Dothideomycetes |
Order: | Pleosporales |
Family: | Pleosporaceae |
Genus: | Cochliobolus Drechsler |
Type species | |
Cochliobolus heterostrophus (Drechsler) Drechslera |
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Cochliobolus heterostrophus is known from "southern corn blight" which affects corn and maize.[2]