Preferred Scientific Name
- Cochliobolus spicifer Nelson
Preferred Common Name
- spring dead spot of grasses
Other Scientific Names
- Bipolaris spicifera (Bainier) Subram.
- Brachycladium spiciferum Bainier
- Curvularia spicifera (Bainier) Boedijn
- Drechslera spicifera (Bainier) von Arx
- Drechslera tetramera (McKinney) Shoemaker
- Helminthosporium spiciferum (Bainier) Nicot
International Common Names
- English: foot rot of wheat; leaf blotch of cereals
- Spanish: manchas negras del pimiento de Cayena
- French: maladie des taches noires du poivrier de Cayenne
Local Common Names
- Germany: Schwarzfleckigkeit: Cayennepfeffer
EPPO code
- COCHSI (Cochliobolus spicifer)
- DRECTE (Drechslera tetramera)