Cochliobolus miyabeanus

Cochliobolus miyabeanus
Symptoms of Cochliobolus miyabeanus on rice
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Dothideomycetes
Order: Pleosporales
Family: Pleosporaceae
Genus: Cochliobolus
Species:
C. miyabeanus
Binomial name
Cochliobolus miyabeanus
(S.Ito & Kurib.) Drechsler ex Dastur

Cochliobolus miyabeanus (teleomorph, formerly known as Helminthosporium oryzae, anamorph Bipolaris oryzae) is a fungus that causes brown spot disease in rice. [Bipolaris is the correct name according to https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/LVRG]

It was considered for use by the US as a biological weapon against Japan during World War II.

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