Cercospora kikuchii
| Cercospora kikuchii | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Phylum: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Dothideomycetes |
| Subclass: | Dothideomycetidae |
| Order: | Capnodiales |
| Family: | Mycosphaerellaceae |
| Genus: | Cercoseptoria |
| Species: | C. kikuchii |
| Binomial name | |
| Cercospora kikuchii T. Matsumoto & Tomoy., (1925) | |
Cercospora kikuchii is a fungal plant pathogen that affects soybeans. It results in both the Cercospora leaf blight and purple seed stain diseases on soybean and is found almost worldwide. C. kikuchii produces the toxin, cercosporin, along with a number of other Cercospora species.