Hypoderma rubi. [Descriptions of Fungi and Bacteria].

Author(s):  
D. W. Minter

Abstract A description is provided for Hypoderma rubi. Information is included on the disease caused by the organism, its transmission, geographical distribution, and hosts. HOSTS: This species has been reported on leaves, petioles and twigs of a wide range of woody plants, mostly dicotyledons, but even including one species of conifer. The principal host, however, and the one on which it is most commonly collected, is Rubus. DISEASE: Hypoderma rubi usually fruits only after the apparently normal senescence and death of the host plant, but on Rubus idaeus and related species ascocarp initials are occasionally found developing on current year's living floricanes in pale spots surrounding the point of peduncle attachment. The fruit on affected panicles is frequently then aborted, and it has been surmised that in these cases the fungus enters the biennial cane at the end of the first season through the petioles of senescent deciduous leaves. GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION: Widespread in Europe and North America, apparently also occurring in temperate South America and Asia. TRANSMISSION: By air-borne ascospores in wet or humid weather.

Author(s):  
J. E. M. Mordue

Abstract A description is provided for Ustilago hypodytes. Information is included on the disease caused by the organism, its transmission, geographical distribution, and hosts. HOSTS: A wide range of grasses, including species of Agropyron (many), Ammophila, Brachypodium, Bromus, Calamagrostis, Diplachne, Distichlis, Elymus (many), Festuca, Glyceria, Hilaria, Hordeum, Haynaldia, Lygeum, Melica, Orysopsis, Panicum, Phalaris, Phleum, Poa (many), Puccinellia, Secale, Sitanion, Sporobolus, Stipa (many), and Trisetum. DISEASE: Stem smut of grasses. GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION: Chiefly a temperate species found in Europe (including Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Sweden, Switzerland, UK, USSR, Yugoslavia) and North America (Canada, USA) and extending to central and South America (Argentina, Peru, Uruguay), N. Africa (Libya, Morocco, Tunisia), Japan, Australia and New Zealand. TRANSMISSION: Not fully understood, though inoculation experiments have demonstrated that infection occurs in mature vegetative plants (possibly through meristematic tissue), not seeds or flowers (22, 240; 24, 511). Once established, infection is systemic, probably overwintering in the root system and spreading by vegetative multiplication of host plants as well as from plant to plant (24, 511; 19, 720).


Author(s):  
G. M. Waterhouse

Abstract A description is provided for Pythium intermedium. Information is included on the disease caused by the organism, its transmission, geographical distribution, and hosts. HOSTS: On a wide range of hosts represented by the following families: Begoniaceae, Bromeliaceae, Chenopodiaceae, Compositae, Coniferae, Cruciferae, Euphorbiaceae, Geraniaceae, Gramineae, Leguminosae, Liliaceae, Linaceae, Moraceae, Onagraceae, Ranunculaceae, Rosaceae, Solanaceae, Ulmaceae, Violaceae; also in the Equisetales and Filicales. DISEASES: Damping-off of seedlings, foot rot and root rot of ornamentals, occasionally of crop plants and trees. GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION: Asia (China); Australia & Oceania (Hawaii); Europe (England, Belgium, France, Germany, Holland, Sweden, U.S.S.R.); North America (U.S.A.); South America (Argentina). TRANSMISSION: A common soil inhabitant.


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Abstract A new distribution map is provided for Parlatoria oleae (Colv.) (Homopt, Coccoidea) (Olive Scale). Hosts: Wide range of trees and shrubs, notably olives, apple, pear and stone fruits. Information is given on the geographical distribution in EUROPE (excl. USSR), Bulgaria, France, Greece, Italy, Lipari Islands, Sardinia, Spain, Yugoslavia, ASIA (excl. USSR), Afghanistan, Cyprus, India, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kashmir, Lebanon, Pakistan, Persia, Syria, Turkey, USSR, AFRICA, Algeria, Canary Islands, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Sudan, Tunisia, NORTH AMERICA, U.S.A., SOUTH AMERICA, Argentina, Brazil.


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Abstract A new distribution map is provided for Viteus vitifoliae (Fitch) (Phylloxera vastatrix[Viteus vitifoliae] Planch) (Phylloxera vastatrix[Viteus vitifoliae] Planch) (Hemipt. Aphididae) (Grape Phylloxera, Vine Louse). Host Plant: Grape. Information is given on the geographical distribution in EUROPE (excl. USSR), Austria, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Malta, Poland, Portugal, Rumania, Spain, Switzerland, Yugoslavia, ASIA (excl. USSR), China, Cyprus, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Korea, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey, USSR, AFRICA, Algeria, Madeira, Morocco, Rhodesia, South Africa, Tunisia, AUSTRALASIA, Australia, New Zealand, NORTH AMERICA, Canada, Mexico, U.S.A., WEST INDIES, SOUTH AMERICA, Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Peru.


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Abstract A new distribution map is provided for Graphognathus leucoloma (Boh.) (Col., Curculionidae) (A White-fringed Beetle). Hosts: Wide range of vegetables and other crops and weeds. Information is given on the geographical distribution in AFRICA, Republic of South Africa, AUSTRALASIA, and PACIFIC ISLANDS, Australia, New Zealand, NORTH AMERICA, U.S.A., SOUTH AMERICA, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Peru, Uruguay.


Author(s):  
C. Booth

Abstract A description is provided for Cylindrocladium scoparium. Information is included on the disease caused by the organism, its transmission, geographical distribution, and hosts. HOSTS: A very wide host range, mainly of woody plants, including conifers, but also extending to beet, strawberry and watermelon. Particularly notable as a pathogen of young eucalyptus and pine. DISEASE: Damping-off, seedling root-rot, seedling blight. GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION: Worldwide, including North America (USA, Canada), South America (Brazil, Argentina), West Indies (Jamaica), Australia and New Zealand, Asia (India, Japan, Malaysia), Africa. TRANSMISSION: By microsclerotia and infected debris in the soil and by airborne, splash-dispersed conidia.


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Abstract A new distribution map is provided for Coccus pseudomagnoliarum (Kuw.) (Coccus aegaeus De Lotto) (Hem., Coccoidea) (Citricola Scale). Host Plant: Citrus. Information is given on the geographical distribution in EUROPE (excl. USSR), Greece, Italy, Sicily, ASIA(excl. USSR), China, Iran, Japan, Ryukyu Islands, Turkey, USSR, Batiashvili, AUSTRALIA, Australia, NORTH AMERICA, Mexico, USA, SOUTH AMERICA, Argentina.


Author(s):  
M. A. Spencer

Abstract A description is provided for Pythium spinosum. Information is included on the disease caused by the organism, its transmission, geographical distribution, and hosts. DISEASES: Seedling damping-off. HOSTS: Wide range of plant hosts. GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION: AFRICA: South Africa. NORTH AMERICA: Canada, USA (Florida, Hawaii, Iowa). SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina. ASIA: China (Zhejiang), India, Japan, Korea, Taiwan. AUSTRALASIA: Australia (Queensland), New Zealand. EUROPE: France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Netherlands. TRANSMISSION: Contaminated soil, organic matter (oospores) and water (sporangia).


Author(s):  
P. F. Cannon

Abstract A description is provided for Dothidea sambuci. Information is included on the disease caused by the organism, its transmission, geographical distribution, and hosts. HOSTS: recorded from a wide range of plants, including species of Acer (Aceraceae), Alnus (Betulaceae), Amorpha (Leguminosae), Calycanthus (Calycanthaceae), Cornus (Cornaceae), Coronilla (Leguminosae), Corylus (Betulaceae), Cotoneaster (Rosaceae), Cydonia (Rosaceae), Frangula (Rhamnaceae), Fraxinus (Oleaceae), Garrya (Garryaceae), Genista (Leguminosae), Gleditsia (Leguminosae), Hedera (Araliaceae), Ilex (Aquifoliaceae), Kerria (Rosaceae), Lonicera (Caprifoliaceae), Morus (Moraceae), Ptelea (Rutaceae), Robinia (Leguminosae), Sambucus (Caprifoliaceae), Spiraea (Rosaceae) and Viburnum (Caprifoliaceae). DISEASE: probably saprobic, although the related species D. ribesia (see Description Sheet no. 707, as Dothiora ribesia) can act as a wound parasite and initial infection might well be endophytic. GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION: widespread through Europe, northern Asia and temperate North America: reports from Austria, China, Czech Republic, Italy, Japan, Russia (including the Caucasus), UK and USA (California, New York, Oregon and Pennsylvania). TRANSMISSION: not studied but the ascospores must be air-dispersed.


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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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