Phaeocytostroma sacchari. [Descriptions of Fungi and Bacteria].

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B. C. Sutton

Abstract A description is provided for Phaeocytostroma sacchari. Information is included on the disease caused by the organism, its transmission, geographical distribution, and hosts. HOSTS: On Saccharum spp. DISEASE: Rind disease and sour rot of sugarcane. Associated with a stalk rot of mature canes growing under unfavourable conditions; also on cuttings (setts) that have deteriorated after planting. Leaf sheaths and blades near the nodes may be infected resulting in premature yellowing and dessication. Conspicuous black pustules are developed on the shrivelled stalks which exude black, coiled, hair-like masses of conidia under moist conditions. The presence of the pathogen is a contributing factor to the inversion of sucrose in the stalks (Johnston, 1917; 1: 272). GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION: Africa (Angola, Egypt, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Nigeria, Reunion, Rhodesia, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Tanzania, Uganda), Asia (Andaman Is., Burma, Borneo, Ceylon, China, Formosa (Taiwan), India, Indo-China, Japan, Java, Malaysia, Okinawa, Pakistan, Philippines, Thailand), Australia & Oceania (Australia, Fiji, Hawaii, New Guinea, Tahiti); Europe (Portugal); North America (? Bermuda, Mexico, U.S.A.); Central America and the Carribean (Antigua, Barbados, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Guadeloupe, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Martinique, Nevis, Nicaragua, Puerto Rico, St. Kitts, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Tobago, Trinidad); South America (Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, British Guiana, Colombia, Paraguay, Peru). (CMI Map 255, ed. 2, 1952 and Herb. IMI.) TRANSMISSION: The disease is spread principally by conidia carried by wind, rain or in irrigation water (Abbott et al., 1964).

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Abstract A new distribution map is provided for Phaeoisariopsis bataticola (Cif. & Bruner) M.B. Ellis. Host: sweet potato (Ipomoea spp.). Information is given on the geographical distribution in NORTH AMERICA, USA, Florida, CENTRAL AMERICA & WEST INDIES, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, SOUTH AMERICA, Venezuela.


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Abstract A new distribution map is provided for Mycosyrinx cissi (DC.) G. Beck. Hosts: Cissus spp. Information is given on the geographical distribution in AFRICA, Congo, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Uganda, Zaire, ASIA, India, Madras, Yemen, NORTH AMERICA, USA, Mexico, CENTRAL AMERICA & WEST INDIES, Bahamas, Belize, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Panama, Puerto Rico, St Croix, St Thomas, Trinidad, SOUTH AMERICA, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French, Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Venezuela.


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J. M. Pérez

Abstract A description is provided for Leucocintractia scleriae. Information is included on the disease caused by the organism, its transmission, geographical distribution, and hosts. DISEASE: Development of spikelets is prevented in infected plants. HOSTS: Rhynchospora corymbosa, R. gigantea and R. triflora (Cyperaceae). GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION: AFRICA: Congo, Zaire. NORTH AMERICA: Mexico. CENTRAL AMERICA: Costa Rica, Cuba, Honduras, Puerto Rico. SOUTH AMERICA: Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana [as British Guiana], Paraguay, Venezuela. ASIA: China (Taipei), India, Indonesia, Singapore, Taiwan. AUSTRALASIA: Australia (Queensland). TRANSMISSION: Not studied; probably by teliospores dispersed by wind and water.


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J. E. M. Mordue

Abstract A description is provided for Cintractia axicola. Information is included on the disease caused by the organism, its transmission, geographical distribution, and hosts. HOSTS: Fimbristylis species, including F. annua, F. autumnalis, F. complanata, F. dichotoma, F. diphylla, F. exilis, F. globulosa, F. obtusispora, F. squarrulosa, F. tenera and F. thonningiana; occasionally other Cyperaceae. DISEASE: Smut of Fimbristylis. Dikaryotic hyphae ramify intercellularly and intracellularly in the epidermis, cortex, medulla and vascular tissues of infected peduncles and form a white fungal covering; within this covering the fungal stroma with sporogenous pockets develops. Eventually the smut forms conspicuous black spore masses around the peduncles, whilst the spikelets are little altered morphologically. GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION: Widespread in tropical and subtropical regions. Africa: Gabon, Ghana, Mauritius, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zaire, Zambia, Zimbabwe; Asia: Burma, China, India, Indo-China, Japan, Malaysia, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Taiwan; Australasia and Oceania: Australia, Fiji, Papua New Guinea, North America: Mexico, USA; South America: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Uruguay, Venezuela; Central America: Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Grenada, Jamaica, Panama, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, St. Kitts, St. Lucia, St. Thomas, St. Vincent, Tobago, Trinidad, Virgin Is. (IMI Distribution Map 626, 1991). TRANSMISSION: Infection occurs in individual inflorescences. Ustilospores (and basidiospores) are disseminated by wind and rain. Ustilospore germination on peduncle surfaces and direct penetration of the epidermis have been observed (48, 3370).


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Abstract A new distribution map is provided for Hellula phidilealis Wlk. (Lep., Pyralidae). Hosts: Brassica spp., other crucifers. Information is given on the geographical distribution in AFRICA, Sierra Leone, NORTH AMERICA, Mexico, U.S.A., CENTRAL AMERICA and WEST INDIES, El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua, West Indies, SOUTH AMERICA, Argentina, Brazil, British Guiana, Paraguay, Peru, Surinam, Venezuela.


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Abstract A new distribution map is provided for Phyllachora canafistulae F.L. Stevens & Dalby. Hosts: Cassia spp. Information is given on the geographical distribution in NORTH AMERICA, Bermuda, USA, CENTRAL AMERICA & WEST INDIES, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican, Republic, Grenada, Jamaica, Panama, Puerto Rico, Trinidad, SOUTH AMERICA, Brazil.


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Abstract A new distribution map is provided for Puccinia cannae (Wint.) P. Henn. Hosts: Canna spp. Information is given on the geographical distribution in ASIA, Indonesia (Java), AUSTRALASIA & OCEANIA, New Caledonia, CENTRAL AMERICA & WEST INDIES, Barbados, Belize, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Panama, Puerto Rico, St. Lucia, Salvador, Trinidad & Tobago, NORTH AMERICA, Bermuda, USA (Florida), SOUTH AMERICA, Brazil, Colombia, Guyana, Venezuela.


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Abstract A new disrtibution map is provided for Singhiella simplex (Singh). Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae. Hosts: Ficus spp. Information is given on the geographical distribution in Europe (Cyprus), Asia (China, India, Bihar and Myanmar), North America (Mexico, USA, California and Florida), Central America and Caribbean (Barbados, Cayman Islands, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Panama and Puerto Rico) and South America (Brazil, Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo and Colombia).


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Abstract A new distribution map is provided for Uredo cajani Syd. Uromyces dolicholi Arth. Both. Hosts: Pigeon pea (Cajanus cajan); Rhynchosia (Dolicholus) spp. Information is given on the geographical distribution in AFRICA, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Malagasy Republic, Mauritius, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, ASIA, China (Hainan), India (Bihar), Japan, Taiwan, NORTH AMERICA, Bermuda, USA (Fla, Tex.), CENTRAL AMERICA & WEST INDIES, Antilles, Barbados, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, St. Croix, St. Thomas, Trinidad, SOUTH AMERICA, Venezuela, AFRICA, Kenya, ASIA, India (Bombay), NORTH AMERICA Mexico, USA (Fla, Tex.), CENTRAL AMERICA & WEST INDIES, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Puerto Rico, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Trinidad, SOUTH AMERICA, Argentina, Colombia, Paraguay, Uruguay.


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Abstract A new distribution map is provided for Scutellonema bradys (Steiner & LeHew) Andrássy Nematoda: Tylenchida: Hoplolaimidae Hosts: Yams (Dioscorea spp.), also cowpea (Vigna unguiculata) and other crops as secondary hosts. Information is given on the geographical distribution in ASIA, India, Kerala, Korea Republic, Pakistan, AFRICA, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Nigeria, Senegal, Togo, NORTH AMERICA, USA, Arkansas, Florida, CENTRAL AMERICA & CARIBBEAN, Barbados, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Haiti, Jamaica, Martinique, Puerto Rico, Trinidad and Tobago, SOUTH AMERICA, Brazil, Alagoas, Paraiba, Pernambuco, Venezuela.


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