Gloeocercospora sorghi

Gloeocercospora sorghi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Fungi
Phylum:
Ascomycota
Class:
Ascomycetes
Subclass:
Incertae sedis
Order:
Incertae sedis
Family:
Incertae sedis
Genus:
Gloeocercospora
Species:
G. sorghi
Binomial name
Gloeocercospora sorghi
D.C. Bain & Edgerton, (1943)

Gloeocercospora sorghi is a plant pathogen and causal agent of zonate leaf spot also known as copper spot on Sorghum bicolor (though it can infect several other hosts). It is used as a bioherbicide.

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