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Bipolaris cookei

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Bipolaris cookei
Scientific classification Edit this 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)
Drechslera cookei (Sacc.) Subram. & B.L. Jain (1966)
Drechslera sorghicola (Lefebvre & Sherwin) M.J. Richardson & E.M. Fraser (1968)
Helminthosporium cookei Sacc. (1886)
Helminthosporium sorghi Cooke (1874)
Helminthosporium sorghicola Lefebvre & 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

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