Meliola psychotriae. [Descriptions of Fungi and Bacteria].

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.

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. 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. hyptidis. Information on symptoms of the disease caused by this fungus, hosts (Coleus sp., Hoslundia opposita, H. oppositifolia, Hyptis capitata, H. suaveolens, Hyptis sp., Leucas sp., Ocimum gratissimum, O. viride, Ocimum sp., Platystoma africana, Plectranthus ciliatus and Stachys sp.), geographical distribution (Democratic Republic of Congo, Ghana, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, Togo, Uganda, Brazil, Venezuela and Philippines), 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 C. strumarium is described and illustrated. Information on diseases caused by C. strumarium, host range (field and horticultural crops, trees, dung, man and artefacts), geographical distribution (Algeria, Canary Islands, Democratic Republic of Congo, Egypt, Gambia, Kenya, Namibia, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, USA, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Thailand, Western Australia, Germany, Great Britain, the Netherlands, Cyprus, Israel, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia), and transmission is provided.


Author(s):  
J. L. Mulder

Abstract A description is provided for Puccinia cynodontis. Information is included on the disease caused by the organism, its transmission, geographical distribution, and hosts. HOSTS: Aecial stage on species of Plantago. Uredial and telial stages on species of Cynodon, particularly C. dactylon. DISEASE: Leaf rust of Bermuda grass (Cynodon dactylon). GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION: Widespread. Africa: Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Libya, Malawi, Mauritius Morocco, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, Tunisia and Zambia. Americas: Argentina, Barbados, Bermuda, Colombia, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rieo, Salvador, Trinidad, USA (South) and Venezuela. Asia: Cambodia, Ceylon, China, India, Iraq, Pakistan, Turkey and USSR. Australasia & Oceania: Australia, Hawaii, New Caledonia, New Zealand and Papua & New Guinea. Europe: Cyprus, France, Malta and Rumania. TRANSMISSION: No studies appear to have been reported. Since the aecial stage has not been found in USA the urediospores presumably survive during the dormant periods of the tdial host.


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):  
D. I. Enríquez

Abstract A description is provided for Corollospora gracilis. Information on the host plants (Coccoloba uvifera, Rhizophora mangle, Sargassum sp., Syringodium filiforme and Thalassia testudinum), geographical distribution (South Africa, Mexico, Japan, Thailand, Australia, New Zealand, Cuba, Dominican Republic, and Tamil Nadu and West Bengal, India), and dispersal and transmission of the pathogen is presented.


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Abstract A new distribution map is provided for Scutellonema clathricaudatum Whitehead. Nematoda: Hoplolaimidae. Hosts: polyphagous. Information is given on the geographical distribution in Asia (India, Manipur, Thailand), Africa (Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Congo Democratic Republic, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda), Central America and Caribbean (Cuba).


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