A fungal plant disease caused by species of Helminthosporium fungus, affecting crop plants and grasses.
From 'Helminthosporium' (genus of fungi) with the disease suffix -ose, naming conditions caused by these worm-spore fungi that affect agricultural crops.
Helminthosporose can devastate corn and barley crops—in the 1970s, a single strain of this fungus destroyed millions of acres of corn in the American Midwest!
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