Cercospora kikuchii

Cercospora kikuchii
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Dothideomycetes
Order:	Capnodiales
Family:	Mycosphaerellaceae
Genus:	Cercospora
Species:	C. kikuchii
Binomial name
	Cercospora kikuchii; T. Matsumoto & Tomoy., (1925)

Cercospora kikuchii is a fungal plant pathogen that affects soybeans.^[1] It results in both the Cercospora leaf blight and purple seed stain diseases on soybean and is found almost worldwide. C. kikuchii produces the toxin cercosporin, as do a number of other Cercospora species.

References

^ Bennett, J. Michael; Rhetoric, Emeritus; Hicks, Dale R.; Naeve, Seth L.; Bennett, Nancy Bush (2014). The Minnesota Soybean Field Book (PDF). St Paul, MN: University of Minnesota Extension. p. 84. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-09-30. Retrieved 21 February 2016.

2. Groenewald JZ, Nakashima C, Nishikawa J, Shin HD, Park JH, Jama AN, Groenewald M, Braun U, Crous PW (2013) Species concepts in Cercospora: spotting the weeds among the roses. Stud Mycol. 2013 Jun 30; 75(1): 115–170. Published online 2012 Oct 1. doi: 10.3114/sim0012

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[SoybeanFieldBook-1] Bennett, J. Michael; Rhetoric, Emeritus; Hicks, Dale R.; Naeve, Seth L.; Bennett, Nancy Bush (2014). The Minnesota Soybean Field Book (PDF). St Paul, MN: University of Minnesota Extension. p. 84. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-09-30. Retrieved 21 February 2016.

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