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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