Leptosphaeria pratensis

Leptosphaeria pratensis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Dothideomycetes
Order:	Pleosporales
Family:	Leptosphaeriaceae
Genus:	Leptosphaeria
Species:	L. pratensis
Binomial name
Leptosphaeria pratensis Sacc. & Briard, (1885)
Synonyms
Ascochyta compta Phloeospora trifolii Phoma meliloti Septogloeum medicaginis Septoria compta Septoria medicaginis Stagonospora compta Stagonospora medicaginis Stagonospora trifolii

Leptosphaeria pratensis is a plant pathogen.[1] It causes stagonospora root rot.[2]

References

1. Shoemaker, R. A.; Babcock, C. E.; Irwin, J. a. G. (1991-03-01). "Massarina walkeri n.sp., the teleomorph of Acrocalymma medicaginis from Medicago sativa contrasted with Leptosphaeria pratensis, L. weimeri n.sp., and L. viridella". Canadian Journal of Botany. 69 (3): 569–573. doi:10.1139/b91-077.
2. Harvey, Ian C. (1982). "Assessment keys for some crown and root diseases of lucerne ( Medicago sativa L.)". New Zealand Journal of Experimental Agriculture. 10 (3): 317–322. doi:10.1080/03015521.1982.10427891. ISSN 0301-5521.