Exserohilum turcicum

TaxID: 93612

Basic Information

Exserohilum turcicum

Northern Corn Leaf Blight, northern corn leaf blight

Setosphaeria turcica (anamorph Exserohilum turcicum; formerly known as Helminthosporium turcicum) is the causal agent of northern corn leaf blight in maize. It is a serious fungal disease prevalent in cooler climates and tropical highlands wherever corn is grown. It is characterized by large cigar shaped necrotic lesions that develop on the leaves due to the polyketide metabolite monocerin.

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Taxonomic Information

Eukaryota

Ascomycota

Dothideomycetes

Pleosporales

Pleosporaceae

Exserohilum

turcicum

Undefined

Photos (5 photos)

Exserohilum turcicum
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Exserohilum turcicum
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(c) Timothy Frey@BY-NC
Exserohilum turcicum
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(c) Timothy Frey@BY-NC
Exserohilum turcicum
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(c) Timothy Frey@BY-NC
Exserohilum turcicum
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(c) Timothy Frey@BY-NC

Morphological Features

No morphological description available.

Host Plants (0 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

No host plants available.

Quarantine Status (4 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

Country Status Year Added
Angola Quarantine pests —
Ghana Quarantine pests —
Moldova Quarantine pests —
Syrian Arab Republic Absent —

Distribution (33 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

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Present
0
Absent
0
Unknown/Other
Country Status State
Argentina Present —
Australia Present —
Austria Present —
Burundi Present —
Benin Present —
Cambodia Present —
Canada Present —
China Present —
Cameroon Present —
Costa Rica Present —
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Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)

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Genomes (1 records)

Data source: NCBI.

Assembly Accession Assembly Level Genome Size(Mb) Contig N50(Kb) Scaffold N50(Kb) BUSCO% Downloads Actions
GCA_050059805.1 Contig 43 2450 2450 -

Transcriptomes (3 records)

Data source: NCBI.

Run ID Tissue Developmental Stage Sex Read Count Location Actions
SRR36479560 - - - 22150387 China: Heilongjiang
SRR36479559 - - - 22024188 China: Heilongjiang
SRR36479558 - - - 21929582 China: Heilongjiang

DNA Barcodes (0 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

No DNA barcode records available.

Literature