Ascochyta hordei is a plant pathogen that causes Ascochyta leaf spot on barley and wheat.[1]: 4  ALS of barley can also be caused by other Ascochyta including A. graminea, A. sorghi, and A. tritici. It is considered a minor disease.

Ascochyta hordei
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Dothideomycetes
Order: Pleosporales
Family: Didymellaceae
Genus: Ascochyta
Species:
A. hordei
Binomial name
Ascochyta hordei
Hara, (1930)

Distribution

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Russia, the Ukraine, southern Byelorussia, North Ossetia, Albania, Japan, Mid Canterbury, New Zealand, and the mountains of North America.[1]: 4 

References

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  1. ^ a b Sharma, Indu (2012). Sharma, I. (ed.). Disease Resistance in Wheat. Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK: CABI (Centre for Agriculture and Bioscience International). pp. xii + 322. doi:10.1079/9781845938185.0000. ISBN 978-1-84593-969-4. OCLC 793549381. ISBN 978-1-84593-818-5.