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Cochliobolus sativus

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(Redirected from Bipolaris californica) Species of fungus

Cochliobolus sativus
Symptoms on a wheat leaf
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Dothideomycetes
Order: Pleosporales
Family: Pleosporaceae
Genus: Cochliobolus
Species: C. sativus
Binomial name
Cochliobolus sativus
(S. Ito & Kurib.) Drechsler ex Dastur (1942)
Synonyms

Bipolaris californica (Mackie & G.E. Paxton) Gornostaĭ (1978)
Bipolaris sorokiniana (Sacc.) Shoemaker (1959)
Drechslera sorokiniana (Sacc.) Subram. & B.L. Jain (1966)
Helminthosporium acrothecioides Lindf. (1918)
Helminthosporium californicum Mackie & G.E. Paxton (1923)
Helminthosporium sativum Pammel, C.M. King & Bakke (1910)
Helminthosporium sorokinianum Sacc. (1890)
Ophiobolus sativus S. Ito & Kurib. (1929)

The fungus Cochliobolus sativus is the teleomorph (sexual stage) of Bipolaris sorokiniana (anamorph) which is the causal agent of a wide variety of cereal diseases. The pathogen can infect and cause disease on roots (where it is known as common root rot), leaf and stem, and head tissue. C. sativus is extremely rare in nature and thus it is the asexual or anamorphic stage which causes infections. The two most common diseases caused by B. sorokiniana are spot blotch and common root rot, mainly on wheat and barley crops.

Identification

The mycelium of B. sorokiniana is usually deep olive-brown. New cultures produce abundant simple conidiophores, which may be single or clustered and measure 6–10 x 110–220 μm with septations. Conidia develop laterally from pores beneath each conidiophore septum. Conidia are olive-brown and ovate to oblong, with rounded ends and a prominent basal scar. They measure 15–28 x 40–120 μm and are 3- to 10-septate. Some may be slightly curved. Their walls are smooth and noticeably thickened at the septa.

The sexual state (C. sativus), when formed in culture, is in the form of black, globose pseudothecia 300–400 μm in diameter, with erect beaks 50–200 μm long. Asci are clavate and measure 20–35 x 150–250 μm. Ascospores are hyaline, uniformly filamentous, and spirally flexed within asci. They measure 5–10 x 200–250 μm and are 4- to 10-septate.

Host species

Agropyron cristatum, Allium sp. , Alopecurus pratensis, Aneurolepidium chinense, Avena sativa

Bromus inermis, B. marginatus, B. willdenowii

Calluna vulgaris, Chloris gayana, Cicer arietinum, Clinelymus dahuricus, C. sibiricus, Cynodon dactylon, C. transvaalensis

Dactylis glomerata

Echinochloa crus-galli, Elymus junceus

Festuca sp.

Guzmania sp.

Hordeum brevisubulatum, H. distichon, H. sativum var. hexastichon, H. vulgare, H. vulgare var. hexastichon

Lablab purpureus, Linum usitatissimum, Lolium multiflorum

Pennisetum typhoides

Roegneria semicostata

Saccharum sp. , Secale cereale, Setaria italica, Sorghum sp.

Taraxacum kok-saghyz, Trisetum aestivum, Triticum aestivum, T. secale, T. turgidum subsp. durum, T. vulgare

Zea mays

Notes

1. USDA ARS Fungal Database

Geographical distribution

Cochliobolus sativus has a world-wide distribution.

Geographical distribution
Africa Kenya, Malawi, Sudan, South Africa, Tanzania, Zimbabwe
Australasia Australia, China, Korea, India, Indonesia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Taiwan, Thailand
Central America Cuba, Mexico, Nicaragua
Europe Austria, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Scotland, United Kingdom, USSR
North America Canada (Alberta, Manitoba, Saskatchewan) US (Indiana, Kansas, Minnesota, Montana, New York, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, Virginia)
South America Argentina, Brazil

Notes

1. USDA ARS Fungal Database 2.

Main diseases

Common root rot (barley); Common root rot (wheat); spot blotch (barley); Spot blotch (wheat)

Spot blotch of wheat

Further information: Spot blotch (wheat)

This is most important disease in non-tradition wheat growing areas. The B. sorokiniana comes with Pyrenophora tritici-repentis and causes millions of tons of wheat loss each year. The symptoms are blotch as well as induced senescence due to premature chlorophyll losses Rosyara et al., 2007.

References

  1. ^ Wiese, M.V. (1987). Compendium of wheat diseases. American Phytopathological Society. pp. 124 pp.Ascus

External links

Taxon identifiers
Cochliobolus sativus
Ophiobolus sativus
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