Didymella pinodes
| Didymella pinodes | |
|---|---|
| Necrotic lesions caused by Didymella pinodes on field pea leaves two weeks after infection | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Dothideomycetes |
| Order: | Pleosporales |
| Family: | Didymellaceae |
| Genus: | Didymella |
| Species: | D. pinodes |
| Binomial name | |
| Didymella pinodes (Berk. & A. Bloxam) Petr., (1924) | |
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Didymella pinodes (syn. Mycosphaerella pinodes) is a hemibiotrophic fungal plant pathogen and the causal agent of ascochyta blight on pea plants. It is infective on several species such as Lathyrus sativus, Lupinus albus, Medicago spp., Trifolium spp., Vicia sativa, and Vicia articulata, and is thus defined as broad-range pathogen.