Cochliobolus miyabeanus

Cochliobolus miyabeanus
	Symptoms of Cochliobolus miyabeanus on rice
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Class:	Dothideomycetes
Order:	Pleosporales
Family:	Pleosporaceae
Genus:	Cochliobolus
Species:	C. miyabeanus
Binomial name
	Cochliobolus miyabeanus;

Cochliobolus miyabeanus (formerly known as helminthosporium oryzae) 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.^[1]

References

^ Suffert, Frédéric; Émilie Latxague; Ivan Sache (11 March 2009). "Plant pathogens as agroterrorist weapons: assessment of the threat for European agriculture and forestry". Food Security. 1 (2). Springer Netherlands: 221–232. doi:10.1007/s12571-009-0014-2. Retrieved 14 May 2009.

Sources

World Food Crisis: Meeting the demands of a growing population by Jeff Batten, APS/CPS Annual Meeting, Monday, August 9, 1999

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[weapon-1] Suffert, Frédéric; Émilie Latxague; Ivan Sache (11 March 2009). "Plant pathogens as agroterrorist weapons: assessment of the threat for European agriculture and forestry". Food Security. 1 (2). Springer Netherlands: 221–232. doi:10.1007/s12571-009-0014-2. Retrieved 14 May 2009.

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