Meliola bicornis. [Descriptions of Fungi and Bacteria].

Author(s):  
D. W. Minter

Abstract A description is provided for M. bicornis. Information on the symptoms of the disease caused by this fungus, its transmission by ascospores, host records on a range of genera from the Fabaceae and geographical distribution (Cameroon; Democratic Republic of Congo; Ghana; Guinea; Kenya; Nigeria; São Tomé and Principe; Sierra Leone; South Africa; Sudan; Togo; Uganda; Costa Rica; Honduras; Panama; Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil; Colombia; Ecuador; Guyana; Surinam; Venezuela; Hainan, China; Assam and Meghalaya, India; Indonesia; Malaysia; Nepal; Pakistan; Papua New Guinea; Philippines; Vietnam; Cuba; Dominica; Dominican Republic; Jamaica; Puerto Rico; and Trinidad and Tobago) is included.

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.


Author(s):  
D. W. Minter

Abstract A description is provided for M. malacotricha. Information on the disease caused by this fungus, hosts (Aniseia uniflora [A. martinicensis], Argyreia spp., Bonamia spp., Breweria [Bonamia] sp., Calonyction spp., Dichondra spp., Hewittia spp., Ipomoea spp., Jacquemontia pentantha, Lepistemon spp., Merremia spp., Neuropeltis sp., Operculina populifolia, Porana spp., Rivea corymbosa and Stictocardia spp.), geographical distribution (Democratic Republic of Congo; Ghana; Kenya; Sierra Leone; Tanzania; Uganda; Mexico; Florida, USA; Costa Rica; Honduras; Panama; Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, Brazil; Guyana; Paraguay; Venezuela; Hainan, China; Uttar Pradesh, Uttaranchal and West Bengal, India; Indonesia; Malaysia; Papua New Guinea; Philippines; Sri Lanka; Taiwan; Cuba; Dominican Republic; Grenada; Jamaica; Puerto Rico; St. Vincent; and Trinidad and Tobago), and transmission is included.


Author(s):  
D. W. Minter

Abstract A description is provided for M. psychotriae. Information on the disease caused by this fungus, hosts (including some horticultural and forest tree species), geographical distribution (Democratic Republic of Congo; Ethiopia; Ghana; Nigeria; Sierra Leone; South Africa, Tanzania; Togo; Uganda; Florida and Hawaii, USA; Minas Gerais and São Paulo, Brazil; Ecuador; Venezuela; Hainan, China; Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, India; Indonesia; Myanmar; Philippines; Barbados; Cuba; Dominica; Dominican Republic; Grenada; and Puerto Rico), and transmission is included.


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Abstract A new distribution map is provided for Pseudocercospora purpurea (Cooke) Deighton. Fungi: Ascomycota: Capnodiales. Hosts: avocado (Persea americana). Information is given on the geographical distribution in Asia (India, Sikkim, Japan, Philippines), Africa (Cameroon, Congo Democratic Republic, Cote d'Ivoire, Guinea, Kenya, South Africa), North America (Mexico, USA, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi), Central America and Caribbean (Bermuda, Dominica, El Salvador, Honduras, Jamaica, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, Trinidad and Tobago, United States Virgin Islands), South America (Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Sao Paulo, Chile, Guyana, Peru, Venezuela), Oceania (Palau [Belau]).


Author(s):  
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 Ustilago avenae (Pers.) Rostr. Hosts: Oats (Avena sativa). Information is given on the geographical distribution in AFRICA, Angola, Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya, Libya, Madagascar, Morocco, Rhodesia, South Africa, Tanzania, Tunisia, Zambia, ASIA, Afghanistan, Burma, China (Honan) (Kiangsu, Szechwan), India (general), Iran, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Korea, Lebanon, Mongolia, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Turkey, USSR (Siberia), (Kazakhstan), AUSTRALASIA & OCEANIA, Australia, Hawaii, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, EUROPE, Austria, Britain & Northern Ireland, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Denmark (Faroes), Finland, France (Corsica), Germany, Greece (Crete), Hungary, Italy, Irish Republic, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, USSR (Azov-Black Sea) (Lithuania), Yugoslavia (Estonia), NORTH AMERICA, Bermuda, Canada (general), USA (general), CENTRAL AMERICA & WEST INDIES, Guatemala, Puerto Rico, SOUTH AMERICA, Argentina, Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul), Chile, Colombia, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela.


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Abstract A new distribution map is provided for Sphaceloma perseae Jenkins. Hosts: Avocado pear (Persea americana). Information is given on the geographical distribution in AFRICA, Guinea, Morocco, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe, ASIA, Philippines, Taiwan, NORTH AMERICA, Mexico, USA (Florida, Tex.), CENTRAL AMERICA & WEST INDIES, Antilles, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, Salvador, SOUTH AMERICA, Argentina (Jujuy, Tucuman), Brazil (Espirto Santo), (Rio Grande do Sul), Guyana, Peru, Venezuela.


Author(s):  
M. Rodríguez Hernández

Abstract A description is provided for Cerebella andropogonis. Information is included on the disease caused by the organism, its transmission, geographical distribution, and hosts. DISEASE: Although Cerebella andropogonis apparently produces a disease in spikelets of grasses, it is actually a saprobe on sugary secretions of members of the ascomycete family Clavicipitaceae, and therefore by itself not a real trouble for the plants on which it grows. HOSTS: Parasitic on members of the Clavicipitaceae (Claviceps maximus, C. paspali, Claviceps sp.) growing on the following grasses: Andropogon annulatus, Andropogon sp., Anthaenantia sp., Anthisteria sp., Cenchrus sp., Cynodon sp., Dichantium annulatum, Digitaria sp., Heteropogon sp., Hyparrhenia sp., Ischaemum sp., Melinus minutiflorus, Molinia sp., Panicum maximum, P. purpurascens, Panicum sp., Paspalum plicatulum, Paspalum sp., Setaria sp., Sorghastrum sp., Sorghum sp., Spartina sp., Tricholaena sp., Trichopteryx sp. (Gramineae). GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION: Cosmopolitan. AFRICA: Ghana [as Gold Coast], Kenya, Malawi, Mauritius, Senegal [as French West Africa], Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda. NORTH AMERICA: USA. CENTRAL AMERICA: Cuba, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Puerto Rico. SOUTH AMERICA: Brazil, Colombia, Paraguay, Venezuela (LANGDON, 1955). ASIA: Myanmar [as Burma], Sri Lanka, India, Philippines. AUSTRALASIA: Australia, Papua New Guinea. TRANSMISSION: By air-borne conidia.


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Abstract A new distribution map is provided for Planococcus ficus (Signoret). Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae. Main hosts: grapevine (Vitis vinifera), fig (Ficus carica). Information is given on the geographical distribution in Europe (Albania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, France, Corsica, Greece, Crete, Italy, Sardinia, Sicily, Malta, Portugal, Azores, Madeira, Slovenia, Spain, Canary Islands, Ukraine), Asia (Azerbaijan, Georgia, India, Maharashtra, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Malaysia, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Yemen), Africa (Cote d'Ivoire, Egypt, Libya, Mauritius, South Africa, Tunisia), North America (Mexico, USA, California), Central America & Caribbean (Dominican Republic, Haiti, Trinidad and Tobago), South America (Argentina, Brazil, Rio Grande do Sul, Chile, Peru, Uruguay).


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