Drechslera gigantea

Drechslera gigantea is a plant pathogen that causes eyespot disease on many host plants. There are Poa pratensis turfgrass cultivars that are resistant to D. gigantea,[1] although that resistance is not as effective when stressed.[1]

Drechslera gigantea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Dothideomycetes
Order: Pleosporales
Family: Pleosporaceae
Genus: Drechslera
Species:
D. gigantea
Binomial name
Drechslera gigantea
(Heald & F.A. Wolf) S. Ito, (1930)
  • Helminthosporium giganteum Heald & F.A.Wolf, (1898)

References
  1. ""Helminthosporium" leaf, crown, and root diseases of turfgrasses - Report on Plant Disease No. 405" (PDF). UIUC College of Agriculture, Consumer, and Environmental Sciences. May 1999.


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