Elsinoë sacchari

Elsinoë sacchari
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Dothideomycetes
Order: Myriangiales
Family: Elsinoaceae
Genus: Elsinoë
Species:
E. sacchari
Binomial name
Elsinoë sacchari
T.C. Lo (1964)
Synonyms

Sphaceloma sacchari T.C. Lo (1957)

Elsinoe sacchari is the plant pathogen causing white rash of sugarcane.[1] The anamorph (asexual) stage is Sphaceloma sacchari.[2]

Hosts

Hosts include sugarcane.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Mehnaz, Samina (2013). "Microbes - friends and foes of sugarcane". Journal of Basic Microbiology. 53 (12). WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH: 954–971. doi:10.1002/jobm.201200299. eISSN 1521-4028. ISSN 0233-111X. PMID 23322584.
  2. ↑ Lo, T. C. (1964). "Elsinoe stage of Sphaceloma sacchari". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 77: 1–3.