Cochliobolus heveicola sp. nov. (Bipolaris heveae) causes brown stripe of bermudagrass and Zoysia grass

Abstract

The pathogen of brown stripe in leaves of Cynodon dactylon (bermudagrass) and Zoysia japonica (Zoysia grass) in Japan is identical with Bipolaris heveae, a rubber tree pathogen, based on morphological and phylogenetic characteristics, following pathogenicity studies. Crossing isolates used in the study with each other, the obtained teleomorph is described as Cochliobolus heveicola sp. nov.