Calostilbe striispora. [Descriptions of Fungi and Bacteria].

Author(s):  
C. Booth

Abstract A description is provided for Calostilbe striispora. Information is included on the disease caused by the organism, its transmission, geographical distribution, and hosts. HOSTS: Erythrina glauca, E. poeppigiana, Musa spp., Theobroma cacao, Coffea spp., Cecropiapeltata, Hevea brasiliensis, Erythrina spp. DISEASE: Bark rot of swamp (Bocare) and mountain (Anauca) immortelles in Trinidad and Venezuela; bonnygate disease of banana in Jamaica. GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION: Colombia, Costa Rica, Ghana, Jamaica, Sierra Leone, Surinam, Trinidad, Venezuela, Zaire Republic (Congo). TRANSMISSION: Conidia presumably water dispersed; no experimental studies reported.

Author(s):  
J. E. M. Mordue

Abstract A description is provided for Mycosyrinx cissi. Information is included on the disease caused by the organism, its transmission, geographical distribution, and hosts. HOSTS: Cissus sicyoides and other species of Cissus, including C. acida, C. afzeli, C. diffusiflora, C. erosa, C. quadrangularis, C. rhombifolia and C. trifoliata. DISEASE: Inflorescence smut of cissus. GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION: Widespread in areas around the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea, including Bahamas, Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico, St. Croix, Trinidad, USA (Florida) Venezuela; also found in Brazil, Ecuador (including Galapagos Is.), French Guiana, Guyana, Peru. Africa: Congo Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Uganda, Zaire. Asia: India, Yemen. TRANSMISSION: No detailed studies reported.


Author(s):  
A. Sivanesan

Abstract A description is provided for Monographella albescens. Information is included on the disease caused by the organism, its transmission, geographical distribution, and hosts. HOSTS: Oryza sativa. DISEASE: Leaf-scald of rice. GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION: Africa (Ghana, Nigeria, Ivory Coast, Sierra Leone); Asia (Bangladesh, Brunei, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam); America and West Indies (Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Salvador, USA); Australia (CMI Map. 492, ed. 1, 1973). TRANSMISSION: Conidia and ascospores presumably dispersed by wind and rain.


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Abstract A new distribution map is provided for Moniliophthora roreri H.C. Evans, Stalpers, Samson & Benny Fungi: Mitosporic fungi: Hyphomycetes Hosts: Cocca (Theobroma cacao). Information is given on the geographical distribution in CENTRAL AMERICA & CARIBBEAN, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Panama, SOUTH AMERICA, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela.


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Abstract A new distribution map is provided for Cacao swollen shoot badnavirus Viruses: Caulimoviridae: Badnavirus Hosts: Cocoa (Theobroma cacao), Ceiba pentandra and Cola spp. Information is given on the geographical distribution in ASIA, Indonesia, Sumatra, Sri Lanka, AFRICA, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Togo, CENTRAL AMERICA & CARIBBEAN, Trinidad and Tobago.


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Abstract A new distribution map is provided for Moniliophthora roreri (Cif.) H.C. Evans et al. Hosts: Cacao (Theobroma cacao). Information is given on the geographical distribution in CENTRAL AMERICA & WEST INDIES, Costa Rica, Panama (E.), SOUTH AMERICA, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela.


Author(s):  
D. W. Minter

Abstract A description is provided for M. paulliniae. Information on the disease caused by this fungus, hosts (Casearia guianensis, Paullinia cururu, P. pinnata, Paullinia sp., Serjania atrolineata, S. incana, S. polyphylla, S. triquetra and Serjania sp.), geographical distribution (Democratic Republic of Congo; Ghana; Nigeria; Sierra Leone; Sudan; Togo; Uganda; Mexico; Costa Rica; Honduras; Panama; Pernambuco and Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil; Venezuela; India; Barbados; Cuba; Dominican Republic; Puerto Rico; and Trinidad and Tobago), and transmission is included.


Author(s):  
D. W. Minter

Abstract A description is provided for M. clavulata. Information on the symptoms of the disease caused by this fungus, hosts (Argyreia spp., Calonyction spp., Hewittia sublobata, Ipomoea spp., Merremia spp., Quamoclit coccinea [I. coccinea], Rivea corymbosa, Stictocardia tiliifolia and Turbina corymbosa), geographical distribution (Cameroon; Democratic Republic of Congo; Ghana; São Tomé and Principe; Sierra Leone; Tanzania; Uganda; Mexico; Costa Rica; Honduras; Panama; Pernambuco and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Ecuador; Guyana; Dominica; Dominican Republic; Jamaica; Puerto Rico; and Trinidad and Tobago) and transmission is included.


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Abstract A new distribution map is provided for Trachysphaera fructigena Tabor & Bunting. Hosts: Cocoa (Theobroma cacao), banana (Musa spp., coffee (Coffea liberica). Information is given on the geographical distribution in Africa, Cameroon, Congo Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Madagascar, Nigeria, Sierra Leone.


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Abstract A new distribution map is provided for Moniliophthora roreri H. C. Evans et al. Agaricomycetes: Agaricales: Marasmiaceae. Host: cocoa (Theobroma cacao). Information is provided on the geographical distribution in North America (Mexico), Central America and Caribbean (Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama) and South America (Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela).


Author(s):  
J. E. M. Mordue

Abstract A description is provided for Corticium salmonicolor. Information is included on the disease caused by the organism, its transmission, geographical distribution, and hosts. HOSTS: Hevea brasiliensis DISEASE: Pink disease of rubber (Hevea brasiliensis) and many other tropical woody plants. GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION: Throughout the humid tropics. N. America (Mexico, USA (Florida)); Central America and West Indies; South America (Brazil, Colombia, Guyana, Peru, Surinam); Africa (Cameroon, Congo, Zaire, Gabon, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, Nigeria, Rhodesia, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Tanzania, Togo); Asia (Andaman Is., Brunei, Burma, Cambodia, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam); Australasia and Oceania, (Australia, New Zealand, British Solomon Islands, Fiji and other Pacific Islands); Europe (USSR (Caucasus)). TRANSMISSION: Believed to be transmitted by air-borne basidiospores and conidia.


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