Leptosphaeria sacchari | |
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Spots with red-brown borders result as a symptom ring spot from the fungal plant pathogen L. sacchari | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Fungi
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Division: | Ascomycota
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Class: | Dothideomycetes
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Order: | Pleosporales
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Family: | Leptosphaeriaceae
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Genus: | Leptosphaeria
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Species: | L. sacchari
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Binomial name | |
Leptosphaeria sacchari Breda de Haan, (1892)
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Synonyms | |
Eriosphaeria sacchari |
Leptosphaeria sacchari (teleomorph—Phyllosticta sp)[1] is a plant pathogenic fungus which causes a disease called ring spot on Saccharum officinarum. This species was originally described in 1890 by Kruger and in 1892 by Van Breda de Haan[2] after it was discovered in the Dominican Republic. L. sacchari is the applied name, whereas Epicoccum sorghinum is the accepted name.[3]