| Cochliobolus miyabeanus | |
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| Symptoms of Cochliobolus miyabeanus on rice | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Class: | Dothideomycetes |
| Order: | Pleosporales |
| Family: | Pleosporaceae |
| Genus: | Cochliobolus |
| Species: | C. miyabeanus |
| Binomial name | |
| Cochliobolus miyabeanus |
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Cochliobolus miyabeanus is a fungus that causes brown spot disease in rice. This disease was the causal agent of the Bengal famine of 1943.
It was used by the USA as a biological weapon in Japan during World War II.[1]
World Food Crisis: Meeting the demands of a growing population by Jeff Batten, APS/CPS Annual Meeting, Monday, August 9, 1999