Sarocladium oryzae

Sarocladium oryzae
Rice flag leaf sheath and head infection symptoms of sheath rot
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Sordariomycetes
Order: Hypocreales
Family: Sarocladiaceae
Genus: Sarocladium
Species:
S. oryzae
Binomial name
Sarocladium oryzae
(Sawada) W.Gams & D. Hawksw., (1976)
Synonyms
  • Acrocylindrium oryzae Sawada, (1922)
  • Sarocladium attenuatum W. Gams & D. Hawksw., (1976)

Sarocladium oryzae is a plant pathogen causing the sheath rot disease of rice and bamboo blight of Bambusoideae spp. in Asia.