Bipolaris oryzae

Host(s)

Rice

Disease name

Brown spot 

Symptoms of Cochliobolus miyabeanus, the causal agent of brown spot, on rice.

Description

Cochliobolus miyabeanus is a fungus that causes brown spot disease in rice. This disease was the causal agent of the Bengal famine of 1943.

It was used by the USA as a biological weapon in Japan during World War II.

Genome of Cochliobolus miyabeanus in Ensembl Genomes.

Phylogeny

Kindgom: 
Fungi
Phylum: 
Ascomycota
Order: 
Pleosporales

Stats

Genome size: 
31.33Mb
Number of genes: 
12002

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