Diplodia maydis. [Descriptions of Fungi and Bacteria].

Author(s):  
B. C. Sutton

Abstract A description is provided for Diplodia maydis[Stenocarpella maydis]. Information is included on the disease caused by the organism, its transmission, geographical distribution, and hosts. HOSTS: On Zea mays. Also on Arundinaria sp. DISEASES: Stalk rot, white ear rot, and seedling blight of maize. Roots may also become infected. GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION: Africa (Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Rhodesia, South Africa, Tanzania); Asia (India); Australasia (Australia); Europe (U.S.S.R.), North America (Canada, Mexico, United States); South America (Argentina, Brazil, Colombia).

2016 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 152-154
Author(s):  
Martha P. Romero Luna ◽  
Carl A. Bradley ◽  
Heather M. Kelly ◽  
Kiersten A. Wise

Diplodia ear rot of corn is primarily caused by the fungus Stenocarpella maydis in the United States. Stenocarpella macrospora is a closely related fungus present in the U.S. but primarily associated with Diplodia leaf streak. S. macrospora is recognized as a major ear rot pathogen in South America and South Africa, but has infrequently been associated with ear rot in the U.S. This brief presents the first reports of Diplodia ear rot in Illinois and Tennessee. This is also the first confirmation of S. macrospora causing ear rot in the U.S. in over 60 years. Accepted for publication 19 May 2016. Published 15 June 2016.


Author(s):  
K. H. Anahosur

Abstract A description is provided for Setosphaeria rostrata. Information is included on the disease caused by the organism, its transmission, geographical distribution, and hosts. HOSTS: On graminicolous hosts and on Amaryllis, Carica, Cucumis, Jasminum, Nicotiana and from soil. DISEASE: Causes leaf spots, foot rot of wheat (56, 2446), seedling blight of Cynodon (46, 2051), leaf blight of Eleusine (46, 1263), damping-off of sugarcane seedlings (50, 1562l), stalk rot (53, 2167) and ear rot of maize, blackening of seeds and seed germination failure (34, 91; 51, 2435). GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION: Africa (Mauritius, Nigeria, S. Africa, Sudan); Asia (China, India, Israel, Pakistan); Central America (Puerto Rico); Europe (Denmark); North America (USA). TRANSMISSION: The fungus is soil-borne and can survive saprophytically for a long period (43, 398). Also seed transmissible (51, 2435). Conidia are produced abundantly in moist conditions and are dispersed by wind and rain, and act as a source of primary infection. Many grasses and weeds act as collateral hosts (39, 321).


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Abstract A new distribution map is provided for Colletotrichum tabacum Böning. Hosts: Tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum). Information is given on the geographical distribution in AFRICA, Malawi, Mozambique, Rhodesia, South Africa, Tanzania (Tanganyika), Zambia, ASIA, China (Szechwan), Formosa (Taiwan), India (Rajahmundry), Korea, USSR (Armenia), EUROPE, Germany, NORTH AMERICA, United States, SOUTH AMERICA, Brazil.


Author(s):  
C. Booth

Abstract A description is provided for Gibberella fujikuroi. Information is included on the disease caused by the organism, its transmission, geographical distribution, and hosts. HOSTS: On several hosts of economic importance in the Gramineae; also on a very wide range of hosts represented by the following families: Amarantaceae, Amaryllidaceae, Asclepiadaceae, Betulaceae, Bromeliaceae, Buxaceae, Caryophyllaceae, Coniferae, Cruciferae, Convolvulaceae, Cucurbitaceae, Euphorbiaceae, Iridaceae, Lauraceae, Leguminosae, Liliaceae, Linaceae, Malvaceae, Marantaceae, Moraceae, Musaceae, Palmae, Polemoniaceae, Rosaceae, Rubiaceae, Rutaceae, Scrophulariaceae, Solanaceae, Sterculiaceae, Tiliaceae (14: 708; 31: 515; 36: 501; 40: 89 and Herb. IMI). DISEASES: Causing seedling bright, food rot, stunting and hypertrophy of shoots ('bakanae') of rice; associated with seed rot, seedling blight, ear rot, root and stalk rot of maize and sorghum; stem rot and top rot ('pokkah boeng') of sugar-cane (also reported on sorghum); seedling blight, root rot and pink boll of cotton and seedling blight of wheat. Also recorded causing wilt in Crotalaria and decay to fruit of banana, pineapple and tomato. GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION: Widespread in both humid and sub-humid temperate zones and extending into sub-topical and tropical zones in Africa, Asia, Australasia & Oceania, Europe, Central America & West Indies, and North & South America (CMI Map 102, Ed.3). TRANSMISSION: Both seed and soil-borne (13: 262) as well as by air-borne spores produced on over-wintered plant debris where the pathogen may retain its viability for over two years (12: 532).


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Abstract A new distribution map is provided for Mycosphaerella sentina (Fr.) Schroet. Hosts: Apple (Malus pumila), pear (Pyrus communis), quince (Cydonia oblonga). Information is given on the geographical distribution in AFRICA, Morocco, South Africa, ASIA, China, India (N.), Iran, Japan, Korea, Nepal, Turkey, USSR (Azerbaijan), EUROPE, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Switzerland, USSR (Moldavia), (Ukraine), (Lithuania), (Central & S.), Yugoslavia, NORTH AMERICA, Canada, United States (Ala, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Ga, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Massachusetts, N.H., N.J., N.Y., Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, S.C., Tennessee, Tex., Va, W. Va), SOUTH AMERICA, Uruguay.


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Abstract A new distribution map is provided for Pseudomonas tabaci (Wolf & Foster) Stev. & P. angulata (Fromme & Murray) Holland. Hosts: formerly map 321 Tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum). Information is given on the geographical distribution in AFRICA, Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Rhodesia, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, ASIA, China (Eastern), Formosa (Taiwan), India, Indo-China (S. Vietnam), Iran, Japan, Philippines, Turkey, USSR (Armenia; Republic of Georgia; Azerbaijan; Krasnoyarsk), AUSTRALASIA & OCEANIA, Australia (Victoria), New Zealand, EUROPE, Belgium, Bulgaria, France (S. W., Alsace), Germany, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Switzerland, USSR (C. Russia, Crimea, Caucasus, Krasnodar, Ukraine), Yugoslavia, NORTH AMERICA, Canada (Ontario, Que), United States (General from Vt and Massachusetts To Florida, Louisiana, and Wisconsin), SOUTH AMERICA, Argentina, Brazil (Minas Gerais), Colombia, Venezuela.


Author(s):  
A. Sivanesan

Abstract A description is provided for Botryosphaeria zeae. Information is included on the disease caused by the organism, its transmission, geographical distribution, and hosts. HOST: Zea mays. DISEASE: Grey ear rot of maize (25, 391) GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION: USA, East and Central Africa, South Africa, France (25, 391; 31, 281; 44, 1858; 53, 2997; 59, 193). TRANSMISSION: No specific studies reported; occurs in the kernels.


Author(s):  
G. F. Laundon

Abstract A description is provided for Puccinia sorghi. Information is included on the disease caused by the organism, its transmission, geographical distribution, and hosts. HOSTS: Pycnia and aecia on some 30 species of Oxalis including O. corniculata (some of these by artificial inoculation only). Uredia and telia on Euchlaena mexicana, E. perennis and Zea mays. DISEASE: Rust of maize causing chlorosis and death of leaves and leaf sheaths. GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION: The aecial infection is limited in distribution to temperate regions in Europe, the United States of America, Mexico and South Africa, with one record from Nepal (C.P. News 7: 59, 1961). The uredial and telial stages are practically co-extensive with the distribution of their hosts (CMI Map 279). In the tropics it is less common than Puccinia polysora below 4, 000 feet. TRANSMISSION: By air (Phytopathology 47: 101-7), by seed (Reyes, Philippine J. Agric. 18: 115-128; 1953) and probably also by infected or contaminated material.


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Abstract A new distribution map is provided for Heterodera carotae Jones. Secernentea: Tylenchida: Heteroderidae. Host: carrot (Daucus carota). Information is given on the geographical distribution in Africa (South Africa), Europe (Cyprus, France, Germany, Greece, Crete, Hungary, Italy, Sicily, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Serbia, Slovenia, Switzerland, United Kingdom, England), North America (Canada, Ontario, Mexico, United States, Maryland, Michigan), South America (Chile).


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Abstract A new distribution map is provided for Mycosphaerella zea-maydis Mukunya & Boothroyd. Hosts: Maize (Zea mays). Information is given on the geographical distribution in Africa, Kenya, South Africa, Europe, France, Switzerland, North America, Canada, Ontario, USA, Wisconsin, New England, South America, Bolivia, Ecuador.


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