Guignardia dioscoreae. [Descriptions of Fungi and Bacteria].

Author(s):  
A. Sivanesan

Abstract A description is provided for Guignardia dioscoreae. Information is included on the disease caused by the organism, its transmission, geographical distribution, and hosts. HOSTS: Dioscorea spp. (D. alata, D. bulbifera, D. esculenta, D. fasciculata, D. oppositifolia, D. pentaphylla, D. rogersii, D. totunda, D. tistri, D. villosa). DISEASE: Leaf spot of Dioscorea spp. GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION: Australia, Burma, India, Ivory Coast, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, USA, Western Samoa. TRANSMISSION: By waterborne conidia and ascospores.

Author(s):  
K. D. Hyde

Abstract A description is provided for Stigmina mangiferae. Information is included on the disease caused by the organism, its transmission, geographical distribution, and hosts. HOSTS: Mangifera indica. DISEASE: Leaf spot, black, angular and relatively small (0.5-6.0 mm diam.), each surrounded by a raised rim, and a wide greenish or yellowish halo. GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION: Australia, Cook Islands, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, Honduras, Indonesia, Jamaica, Japan, Malawi, Malaysia, Mexico, Nepal, New Caledonia, Nigeria, Papua New Guinea, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Tanzania, Taiwan, Tongo, Trinidad, Uganda, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Western Samoa, Zambia. TRANSMISSION: By windborne conidia.


Author(s):  
H. Y. M. Leung

Abstract A description is provided for Cercospora mikaniicola. Information is included on the disease caused by the organism, its transmission, geographical distribution, and hosts. HOSTS: Mikania cordata, Mikania micrantha (Asteraceae). DISEASE: Leaf spot and stem canker. GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION: Bangladesh, Brazil, Cuba, Colombia, Fiji, Guadalcanal, Hong Kong, India, Jamaica, Malaysia, Niue, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Puerto Rico, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, USA (Florida), Vanuatu. TRANSMISSION: Conidia are presumably air-dispersed but there are no detailed studies.


Author(s):  
S. Little

Abstract A description is provided for Cercospora pappaea. Information is included on the disease caused by the organism, its transmission, geographical distribution, and hosts. HOSTS: Caricapappaea (pawpaw). DISEASE: Leaf spot of pawpaw. Leaf spots are circular at first, but become irregular with age, 3-10 mm diam., pale brown on the upper surface, indistinct on the lower. The fungus may also cause small shallow black dots on the fruit; these lesions may enlarge up to 3 mm, but do not cause fruit decay (Weber 1973). GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION: Africa: Mauritius, Malawi, Sudan Uganda, Asia: Burma, India Indonesia, Nepal; Australasia and Oceania: Papua New Guinea, Tonga; South America: Venezuela.


Author(s):  
M. B. Ellis

Abstract A description is provided for Drechslera incurvata. Information is included on the disease caused by the organism, its transmission, geographical distribution, and hosts. HOSTS: Cocos nucifera. DISEASE: A leaf spot of young coconut (Cocos nucifera). The spots are at first small, oval, brown; enlarging and becoming pale buff in the centre with a broad, dark brown margin. In severe attacks the edges of leaves become extensively necrotic. GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION: Apart from records from Jamaica and Seychelles the fungus has been reported only from S.E. Asia, Australasia and Oceania: British Solomon Islands, Fiji, French Polynesia, Malaysia (W., Sabah, Sarawak), New Caledonia, New Hebrides, Papua-New Guinea, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Vietnam and Thailand. TRANSMISSION: Presumably air dispersed.


Author(s):  
D. W. Minter

Abstract A description is provided for M. citricola. Information on the symptoms of the disease caused by this fungus, transmission, hosts (Citrus aurantiifolia, C. aurantium, C. decumana [C. maxima], C. grandis [C. maxima], C. maxima, C. medica, C. nobilis, C. paradisi, C. reticulata, C. sinensis, C. suhuiensis, Citrus sp. and Citrofortunella mitis [Citrus madurensis]) and geographical distribution (Brunei; Cambodia; China; Karnataka and West Bengal, India; Indonesia; Papua New Guinea; Philippines; Singapore; Sri Lanka; Thailand; Vietnam; Fiji; New Caledonia; Solomon Islands; Vanuatu; and Western Samoa) is included.


Author(s):  
D. J. Stamps

Abstract A description is provided for Phytophthora katsurae. Information is included on the disease caused by the organism, its transmission, geographical distribution, and hosts. HOSTS: Chestnut, coconut. DISEASE: Trunk rot of chestnut. GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION: Asia (Japan, Taiwan), Oceania (Hawaii), Africa (Ivory Coast), Australasia (Australia (Queensland), Papua New Guinea). TRANSMISSION: Soil-borne, isolated from forest soils in Taiwan (59, 2349), Queensland and Papua New Guinea and from chestnut orchard soils in Japan (58, 2951).


Author(s):  
J. C. David

Abstract A description is provided for Alternaria bataticola. Information is included on the disease caused by the organism, its transmission, geographical distribution, and hosts. HOST: Ipomoea batatas. DISEASE: Leaf spot of Sweet Potato. GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION: Africa: Central Africa, Burundi. Asia: Japan, Papua New Guinea. TRANSMISSION: By wind dispersal of airborne conidia.


Author(s):  
K. D. Hyde

Abstract A description is provided for Aristastoma camarographioides. Information is included on the disease caused by the organism, its transmission, geographical distribution, and hosts. HOSTS: Glycine max and Pueraria spp. DISEASE: Brown to grey, circular to irregular leaf spot on Pueraria spp. GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION: India, Irian Jaya, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands. TRANSMISSION: No research is available, but almost certainly by air-borne dispersal of conidia.


Author(s):  
A. Sivanesan

Abstract A description is provided for Cochliobolus bicolor. Information is included on the disease caused by the organism, its transmission, geographical distribution, and hosts. HOSTS: Andropogon, Apluda, Brachiaria, Cymbopogon, Eleusine, Eragrostis, Melanocenchris, Oryza, Panicum, Paspalum, Pennisetum, Setaria, Sorghum, Triticum, Urochloa, Zea, Zizania. Also isolated from a wide variety of other host plants and soil. DISEASE: Foot rot of wheat, zonate leaf spot of Pennisetum and seedborne (34: 324, 55: 1788, 60: 4427, 62: 4281). The disease is associated with the anamorph. GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION: Australia, Brazil, Canada, East and West Africa, Ethiopia, India, Malaysia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, South Africa, Swaziland, Taiwan, Tanzania, USA, Yugoslavia. TRANSMISSION: By infected seeds and air-borne conidia.


Author(s):  
P. M. Kirk

Abstract A description is provided for Phaeoisariopsis glochidii. Information is included on the disease caused by the organism, its transmission, geographical distribution, and hosts. HOSTS: Species of Glochidion including G. coriaceum, G. ferdinandi, G. Ianceolarium, G. multiloculare, G. philippinense, G. velutinum. DISEASE: Leaf spot. GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION: Asia (Hong Kong, India (Uttar Pradesh), Sri Lanka), Australasia & Oceania (Australia (Qd), Papua New Guinea). TRANSMISSION: Presumably by air borne conidia. Survival mechanisms unknown.


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