Cochliobolus
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| Symptoms of Cochliobolus miyabeanus, the causal agent of brown spot, on rice | |
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| Class: | Ascomycetes
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| Genus: | Cochliobolus |
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| Cochliobolus heterostrophus (Drechsler) Drechslera
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Cochliobolus carbonum | |
The fungal genus Cochliobolus includes 55 species,[1] including the following plant pathogenic species: C. carbonum, C. heterostrophus, C. miyabeanus, C. sativus and C. lunatus.
Heterothallism and homothallism[]
Those fungi that need a partner to mate are referred to as heterothallic (self-sterile), and those fungi not needing a partner are referred to as homothallic (self-fertile). A study of DNA sequences of mating type loci from different heterothallic and homothallic species in the genus Cochliobolus suggests that homothallism can be derived from heterothallism by recombination.[2]
Brief species information[]
- Cochliobolus carbonum, affects corn and maize.
- Cochliobolus heterostrophus, "southern corn blight," affects corn and maize.
- Cochliobolus lunatus, affects sugar cane.
- Cochliobolus stenospilus, "brown stripe," affects sugar cane.
See also[]
- Phytopathology
References[]
- ^ "Species Fungorum". Speciesfungorum.org. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
- ^ Yun SH1, Berbee ML, Yoder OC, Turgeon BG. Evolution of the fungal self-fertile reproductive life style from self-sterile ancestors. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 May 11;96(10):5592-7. PMID 10318929 PMCID: PMC21905 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.96.10.5592
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