Cochliobolus

The fungal genus Cochliobolus includes 19 species,[1] it includes some plant pathogenic species such as Cochliobolus heterostrophus. A lot of former Cochliobolus species were transferred to either Curvularia or Bipolaris genera.[1]

Cochliobolus
Symptoms of "Cochliobolus miyabeanus", the causal agent of brown spot, on rice
Symptoms of Cochliobolus miyabeanus, the causal agent of brown spot, on rice
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Cochliobolus

Type species
Cochliobolus heterostrophus
(Drechsler) Drechslera

Cochliobolus heterostrophus is known from "southern corn blight" which affects corn and maize.[2]

Heterothallism and homothallism

Those fungi that need a partner to mate are referred to as heterothallic (self-sterile), and those fungi not needing a partner are referred to as homothallic (self-fertile). A study of DNA sequences of mating type loci from different heterothallic and homothallic species in the genus Cochliobolus suggests that homothallism can be derived from heterothallism by recombination.[3]

Species

As accepted by Species Fungorum;[1]

  • Cochliobolus akaii (Tsuda & Ueyama) Sivan. (1987)
  • Cochliobolus akaiiensis Sivan. (1987)
  • Cochliobolus bicolor A.R. Paul & Parbery (1966)
  • Cochliobolus boutelouae R. Sprague (1951)
  • Cochliobolus buteae S.D. Patil & C. Ramesh (1986)
  • Cochliobolus eleusines Alcorn (1990)
  • Cochliobolus geniculatus R.R. Nelson (1964)
  • Cochliobolus heliconiae Alcorn (1996)
  • Cochliobolus heterostrophus (Drechsler) Drechsler (1934)
  • Cochliobolus heveicola Tsukib. & W.H. Chung (2005)
  • Cochliobolus luttrellii Alcorn (1990)
  • Cochliobolus miakei I. Hino & Katum. (1966)
  • Cochliobolus neergaardii Alcorn (1990)
  • Cochliobolus ovariicola Alcorn (1990)
  • Cochliobolus palmivora P.N. Rao & Chaudhury (1964)
  • Cochliobolus sasae I. Hino & Katum. (1960)
  • Cochliobolus setariae (S. Ito & Kurib.) Drechsler ex Dastur (1942)
  • Cochliobolus sitharamii S.M. Reddy (1977)
  • Cochliobolus sporoboli E. Castell. (1951)
  • Cochliobolus tritici Dastur (1942)

Former species (all within Pleosporaceae family);[1]

  • C. aberrans Alcorn (1990) = Johnalcornia aberrans
  • C. australiensis (Tsuda & Ueyama) Alcorn (1983) = Curvularia tsudae
  • C. carbonum R.R. Nelson (1959) = Bipolaris zeicola
  • C. chloridis Alcorn (1978) = Bipolaris chloridis
  • C. cymbopogonis J.A. Hall & Sivan. (1972) = Curvularia cymbopogonis
  • C. cynodontis R.R. Nelson (1964) = Bipolaris cynodontis
  • C. dactyloctenii Alcorn (1982) = Curvularia dactyloctenii
  • C. ellisii Alcorn (1983) = Drechslera ellisii
  • C. eragrostidis (Tsuda & Ueyama) Sivan. (1987) = Curvularia eragrostidis
  • C. graminicola Alcorn (1998) = Curvularia graminicola
  • C. hawaiiensis Alcorn (1978) = Curvularia hawaiiensis
  • C. heteropogonis Alcorn (1990) = Curvularia heteropogonis
  • C. kusanoi (Y. Nisik.) Drechsler ex Dastur (1942) = Curvularia kusanoi
  • C. lunatus R.R. Nelson & F.A. Haasis (1964) = Curvularia lunata
  • C. melinidis Alcorn (1982) = Bipolaris melinidis
  • C. microlaenae Alcorn (1990) = Bipolaris microlaenae
  • C. miyabeanus (S. Ito & Kurib.) Drechsler ex Dastur (1942) = Bipolaris oryzae
  • C. nisikadoi (Tsuda, Ueyama & Nishih.) Alcorn (1983) = Curvularia coicis
  • C. nodulosus Luttr. (1957) = Curvularia nodulosa
  • C. pallescens (Tsuda & Ueyama) Sivan. (1987) = Curvularia pallescens
  • C. peregianensis Alcorn (1982) = Bipolaris peregianensis
  • C. perotidis Alcorn (1982) = Curvularia perotidis
  • C. ravenelii Alcorn (1981) = Curvularia ravenelii
  • C. sativus (S. Ito & Kurib.) Drechsler ex Dastur (1942) = Bipolaris sorokiniana
  • C. spicifer R.R. Nelson (1964) = Curvularia spicifera
  • C. stenospilus T. Matsumoto & W. Yamam. (1936) = Bipolaris stenospila
  • C. tripogonis Alcorn (1981) = Curvularia tripogonis
  • C. tuberculatus Sivan. (1985) = Curvularia tuberculata
  • C. verruculosus (Tsuda & Ueyama) Sivan. (1984) = Curvularia verruculosa
  • C. victoriae R.R. Nelson (1960) = Bipolaris victoriae
  • C. zeae H.S. Chang (1992) = Bipolaris zeae

See also

References

  1. "Species Fungorum - Search Page - Cochliobolus". www.speciesfungorum.org. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
  2. "Cochliobolus heterostrophus C5". Retrieved 25 October 2011.
  3. Yun SH1, Berbee ML, Yoder OC, Turgeon BG. Evolution of the fungal self-fertile reproductive life style from self-sterile ancestors. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 May 11;96(10):5592-7. PMID 10318929 PMCID: PMC21905 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.96.10.5592


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