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Helminthosporium       Print PDF

Natural Habitat
  • Pathogen of turfgrass causing crown rot and leaf spot diseases
  • Pathogen of maize causing Northern leaf blight
  • Pathogen of potatoes causing silver scurf disease

Suitable Substrates in the Indoor Environment
  • Unknown

Water Activity
  • Unknown

Mode of Dissemination
  • Water Splash
  • Foot traffic
  • Lawn mowers
  • Grass Clippings

Allergenic Potential

  • Unknown

Potential Opportunist or Pathogen
  • Unknown

Industrial Uses
  • Unknown

Potential Toxins Produced
  • Helminthosporoside
  • Helminthosporal

Other Comments
  • This name is no longer in use. The genus Helminthosporium is now Bipolaris

References
  • Steiner GW, Strobel GA. 1971. J Biol Chem. 246(13):4350-4357
  • Sommereyns G, Closset JL. 1977. Arch Int Physiol Biochim. 85(2):431-433




















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