Mycosphaerella graminicola. [Descriptions of Fungi and Bacteria].
Abstract A description is provided for Mycosphaerella graminicola. Information is included on the disease caused by the organism, its transmission, geographical distribution, and hosts. HOSTS: Loliumperenne, Secale vulgare, Triticale, Triticum spp. DISEASE: Leaf spot or speckled leaf blotch of wheat. GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION: Africa: Algeria, Angola, Ethiopia, Kenya, Morocco, South Africa, Tanzania. Asia: Afghanistan, China, Cyprus, India, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Korea, Lebanon, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia,? Syria (66, 2306), Tunisia, Turkey, USSR. Australasia & Oceania: Australia, New Zealand. Europe: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Rumania, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, USSR, Yugoslavia. North America: Canada, Mexico, USA. Central America: El Salvador, Guatemala. South America: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Uruguay (CMI Distribution Map 397, ed. 3, 1986). TRANSMISSION: By windborne ascospores and conidia, by infected plant debris and seeds (38, 687; 42, 11; 55, 3524; 57, 2486).