Macrophomina phaseolina

Macrophomina phaseolina
Macrophomina phaseolina spores growing on Pinus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Dothideomycetes
Order:	Botryosphaeriales
Family:	Botryosphaeriaceae
Genus:	Macrophomina
Species:	M. phaseolina
Binomial name
Macrophomina phaseolina (Tassi) Goid. (1947)
Synonyms
Botryodiplodia phaseoli (Maubl.) Thirum. (1953) Dothiorella cajani (Syd., P.Syd. & E.J.Butler) Syd., P.Syd. & E.J.Butler (1925) Dothiorella phaseoli (Maubl.) Petr. & Syd. (1927) Dothiorella philippinensis (Petr.) Petr. (1927) Fusicoccum cajani (Syd., P.Syd. & E.J.Butler) Samuels & B.B.Singh (1986) Macrophoma cajani Syd., P.Syd. & E.J.Butler (1916) Macrophoma corchori Sawada (1916) Macrophoma phaseoli Maubl. (1905) Macrophoma phaseolina Tassi(1901) Macrophoma sesami Sawada (1922) Macrophomina phaseoli (Maubl.) S.F.Ashby, (1927) Macrophomina philippinensis Petr. (1923) Rhizoctonia bataticola (Taubenh.) E.J.Butler, (1925) Rhizoctonia lamellifera W.Small (1924) Sclerotium bataticola Taubenh. (1913) Tiarosporella phaseoli (Maubl.) Aa (1977) Tiarosporella phaseolina (Tassi) Aa (1981)

Macrophomina phaseolina is a Botryosphaeriaceae plant pathogen fungus that causes damping off, seedling blight, collar rot, stem rot, charcoal rot, basal stem rot, and root rot on many plant species.