Database of Plant Diseases in Japan

Details of Rice False blast
Host plant
  • Rice
Disease nameFalse blast
Disease name (Japanese)
  • にせいもち病 [nise-imochi-byo]
Pathogen/Cause (1)
  • Alternaria oryzae Hara
Pathogen/Cause (2)
  • Epicoccum nigrum Link
Pathogen/Cause (synonym) (2)
  • Epicoccum purpurascens Ehrenberg ex Schlechtendal
Pathogen/Cause (3)
  • Cladosporium herbarum (Persoon) Link
Pathogen/Cause (4)
  • Pseudocochliobolus lunatus (R.R. Nelson & F.A. Haasis) Tsuda, Ueyama & Nishihara
Pathogen/Cause (synonym) (4)
  • Cochliobolus lunatus R.R. Nelson & F.A. Haasis
  • Curvularia lunata (Wakker) Boedijn
  • Brachysporium oryzae S. Ito & Ishiyama
  • Curvularia oryzae (Ito & Ishiyama) Hara
References (4)
  • 田中一郎:水稲の病害:31, 1942(昭17)
Related strains5 strains
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