List of sorghum diseases
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Bacterial diseases
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| Bacterial leaf spot | Pseudomonas syringae Pseudomonas syringae Pseudomonas syringae is a rod shaped, Gram-negative bacterium with polar flagella. It is a plant pathogen which can infect a wide range of plant species, and exists as over 50 different pathovars, all of which are available to legitimate researches via international culture collections such as the... |
| Bacterial leaf streak | Xanthomonas campestris Xanthomonas campestris Xanthomonas campestris is a bacterial species that causes a variety of plant diseases. Available from the NCPPB,and other international Culture collections such as ICMP, ATCC, and LMG in a purified form, it is used in the commercial production of a high-molecular-weight polysaccharide - xanthan... pv. holcicola |
| Bacterial leaf stripe | Burkholderia andropogonis Burkholderia andropogonis Burkholderia andropogonis is a soil bacterium that can cause leaf, bud and stem spotting on carnation although it is not a disease of great economical significance.... |
Fungal diseases
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| Acremonium wilt | Acremonium strictum Acremonium strictum Acremonium strictum is a plant, animal, and human pathogen. The genus Acremonium contains around 100 species, most of which are saprophytic, being isolated from dead plant material and soil. Some species cause disease in man and animals, causing mycetoma, onychomycosis, and hyalohyphomycosis... Cephalosporium acremonium Acremonium strictum Acremonium strictum is a plant, animal, and human pathogen. The genus Acremonium contains around 100 species, most of which are saprophytic, being isolated from dead plant material and soil. Some species cause disease in man and animals, causing mycetoma, onychomycosis, and hyalohyphomycosis... |
| Anthracnose (foliar, head, root and stalk rot) | Colletotrichum graminicola Glomerella graminicola Glomerella graminicola Glomerella graminicola is a fungus which causes anthracnose many cereal species including maize and wheat.- Identification :Stromata* 70-300 μm in diameter... [teleomorph] |
| Charcoal rot | Macrophomina phaseolina Macrophomina phaseolina Macrophomina phaseolina is a Botryosphaeriaceae fungus that is a plant pathogen that causes charcoal rot on many plant species including Zea mays and Pinus elliottii.- External links :* *... |
| Crazy top downy mildew | Sclerophthora macrospora Sclerophthora macrospora Sclerophthora macrospora is a plant pathogen.- External links :**... Sclerospora macrospora Sclerophthora macrospora Sclerophthora macrospora is a plant pathogen.- External links :**... |
| Damping-off and seed rot | Aspergillus Aspergillus Aspergillus is a genus consisting of several hundred mold species found in various climates worldwide. Aspergillus was first catalogued in 1729 by the Italian priest and biologist Pier Antonio Micheli... spp. Exserohilium spp. Fusarium Fusarium Fusarium is a large genus of filamentous fungi widely distributed in soil and in association with plants. Most species are harmless saprobes, and are relatively abundant members of the soil microbial community. Some species produce mycotoxins in cereal crops that can affect human and animal health... spp. Penicillium Penicillium Penicillium is a genus of ascomycetous fungi of major importance in the natural environment as well as food and drug production. Members of the genus produce penicillin, a molecule that is used as an antibiotic, which kills or stops the growth of certain kinds of bacteria inside the body... spp. Pythium Pythium Pythium is a genus of parasitic oomycete. Most species are plant parasites, but Pythium insidiosum is an important pathogen of animals... spp. Rhizoctonia Rhizoctonia Rhizoctonia is a genus of anamorphic fungi in the order Cantharellales. Species do not produce spores, but are composed of hyphae and sclerotia and are asexual states of fungi in the genus Thanatephorus. Rhizoctonia species are saprotrophic, but are also facultative plant pathogens, causing... spp. and other species. |
| Ergot | Sphacelia sorghi Claviceps sorghi Claviceps sorghi Claviceps sorghi is a plant pathogen.- External links :* *... [teleomorph] |
| Fusarium head blight, root and stalk rot | Fusarium moniliforme Gibberella fujikuroi Gibberella fujikuroi Gibberella fujikuroi is a fungal plant pathogen. It causes bakanae disease in rice seedlings, by overloading them with the phytohormone gibberellin as its own metabolic byproduct.- External links :* * *... [teleomorph] Fusarium Fusarium Fusarium is a large genus of filamentous fungi widely distributed in soil and in association with plants. Most species are harmless saprobes, and are relatively abundant members of the soil microbial community. Some species produce mycotoxins in cereal crops that can affect human and animal health... spp. |
| Grain storage mold | Aspergillus Aspergillus Aspergillus is a genus consisting of several hundred mold species found in various climates worldwide. Aspergillus was first catalogued in 1729 by the Italian priest and biologist Pier Antonio Micheli... spp. Penicillium Penicillium Penicillium is a genus of ascomycetous fungi of major importance in the natural environment as well as food and drug production. Members of the genus produce penicillin, a molecule that is used as an antibiotic, which kills or stops the growth of certain kinds of bacteria inside the body... spp. and other species. |
| Gray leaf spot | Cercospora sorghi Cercospora sorghi Cercospora sorghi is a fungal plant pathogen.- External links :*... |
| Latter leaf spot | Cercospora fusimaculans Cercospora fusimaculans Cercospora fusimaculans is a fungal plant pathogen.- External links :**... |
| Leaf blight | Setosphaeria turcica Setosphaeria turcica Setosphaeria turcica is the causal agent of Northern Leaf Blight in corn. It is a serious fungal disease prevalent in cooler climates and tropical highlands wherever corn is grown... Exserohilum turcicum [anamorph] Helminthosporium turcicum |
| Milo disease (Periconia root rot) | Periconia circinata Periconia circinata Periconia circinata is an ascomycete fungus that is a plant pathogen.- External links :* *... |
| Oval leaf spot | Ramulispora sorghicola Ramulispora sorghicola Ramulispora sorghicola is a plant pathogen.- External links :* *... |
| Pokkah Boeng (twisted top) | Gibberella fujikuroi var. subglutinans Gibberella fujikuroi var. subglutinans Gibberella fujikuroi var. subglutinans is a fungal plant pathogen.-External links:* *... Fusarium moniliforme var. subglutinans [anamorph] |
| Pythium root rot | Pythium Pythium Pythium is a genus of parasitic oomycete. Most species are plant parasites, but Pythium insidiosum is an important pathogen of animals... spp. Pythium graminicola Pythium graminicola Pythium graminicola is a plant pathogen.- External links :**... |
| Rough leaf spot | Ascochyta sorghi Ascochyta sorghi Ascochyta sorghi is a fungal plant pathogen. It causes Ascochyta leaf spot on barley that can also be caused by the related fungi Ascochyta hordei, Ascochyta graminea and Ascochyta tritici. It is considered a minor disease of barley.- External links :* *... |
| Rust | Puccinia purpurea Puccinia purpurea Puccinia purpurea is a plant pathogen that causes rust on sorghum.- External links :* *... |
| Seedling blight and seed rot | Colletotrichum graminicola Exserohilum turcicum Fusarium moniliforme Pythium Pythium Pythium is a genus of parasitic oomycete. Most species are plant parasites, but Pythium insidiosum is an important pathogen of animals... spp. Pythium aphanidermatum Pythium aphanidermatum Pythium aphanidermatum is a plant pathogen.- External links :**... |
| Smut, covered kernel | Sporisorium sorghi Sporisorium sorghi Sporisorium sorghi is a species of fungus in the Ustilaginaceae family. It is a plant pathogen, causing covered smut of sorghum.... Sphacelotheca sorghi Sphacelotheca reiliana Sphacelotheca reiliana is a plant pathogen.- External links :* *... |
| Smut, head | Sphacelotheca reiliana Sphacelotheca reiliana Sphacelotheca reiliana is a plant pathogen.- External links :* *... Sporisorium holci-sorghi Sphacelotheca reiliana Sphacelotheca reiliana is a plant pathogen.- External links :* *... |
| Smut, loose kernel | Sporisorium cruentum Sporisorium cruentum Sporisorium cruentum is a plant pathogen.- External links :* *... Sphacelotheca cruenta Sporisorium cruentum Sporisorium cruentum is a plant pathogen.- External links :* *... |
| Sooty stripe | Ramulispora sorghi Ramulispora sorghi Ramulispora sorghi is a plant pathogen.- External links :* *... |
| Sorghum downy mildew | Peronosclerospora sorghi Peronosclerospora sorghi Peronosclerospora sorghi is a plant pathogen.- External links :* *... Sclerospora sorghi Peronosclerospora sorghi Peronosclerospora sorghi is a plant pathogen.- External links :* *... |
| Tar spot | Phyllachora sacchari Phyllachora sacchari Phyllachora sacchari is a plant pathogen.- External links :* *... |
| Target leaf spot | Bipolaris cookei Bipolaris cookei Bipolaris cookei is a plant pathogen that affects sorghum, infecting leaf veins and lesions and causing target leaf spot. It is found in the United States, Sudan, Israel, Cyprus, South America, and India.- External links :* *... Helminthosporium cookei Helminthosporium cookei Helminthosporium cookei is a plant pathogen.- External links :* *... |
| Zonate leaf spot and sheath blight | Gloeocercospora sorghi Gloeocercospora sorghi Gloeocercospora sorghi is a plant pathogen and causal agent of zonate leaf spot also known as copper spot on Sorghum bicolor . It is used as a bioherbicide.- External links :* *... |
Nematodes, parasitic
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| Awl | Dolichodorus spp. |
| Dagger, American | Xiphinema americanum Xiphinema americanum Xiphinema americanum is a plant pathogenic nematode. It is one of many species that belongs to the genus Xiphinema. It was first described by N. A. Cobb in 1913, who found it on both sides of the United States on the roots of grass, corn, and citrus trees. Not only is Xiphinema americanum known to... |
| Lesion | Pratylenchus Pratylenchus Pratylenchus is a genus of plant-parasitic nematodes responsible for root lesions on many plant hosts in temperate regions around the world. Lesion nematodes are migratory endoparasites that enter the host root for feeding and reproduction and move freely through or out of the root tissue. They do... spp. |
| Needle | Longidorus africanus Longidorus africanus Longidorus africanus is a plant pathogenic nematode.- External links :*... and other species |
| Pin | Paratylenchus Paratylenchus Paratylenchus is a genus of nematodes . Many of the species in this genus are plant pathogens.... spp. |
| Reniform | Rotylenchus spp. |
| Ring | Criconemella spp. |
| Root-knot | Meloidogyne spp. |
| Spiral | Helicotylenchus Helicotylenchus Helicotylenchus is a genus of nematodes in the family Hoplolaimidae.-Diagnosis:Hoplolaimidae. Female : Body vermiform, spiral to straight. Labial region continuous to slightly offset, rounded or anteriorly flattened, generally annulated but never longitudinally striated; anterior lip annulus... spp. |
| Sting | Belonolaimus longicaudatus Belonolaimus longicaudatus Belonolaimus longicaudatus is a common parasite of grasses and other plant crops and products. It is the most destructive nematode pest of turf grass, and it also attacks a wide range of fruit, vegetable, and fiber crops such as citrus, cotton, ornamentals, and forage. The sting nematode is a... |
| Stubby-root | Paratrichodorus spp. Paratrichodorus minor Paratrichodorus minor Paratrichodorus minor is a plant pathogenic nematode. It is a surface feeder type of migratory ectoparasite.- External links :*... |
| Stunt | Tylenchorhynchus Tylenchorhynchus Tylenchorhynchus is a genus of nematodes including many species of plant parasites. The classification of stunt nematodes - those including the Tylenchorhynchus genus - is unstable; many newly discovered species within this genus are reconsidered to be actually subspecies... spp. Merlinius brevidens Merlinius brevidens Merlinius brevidens is a plant pathogenic nematode.- External links :*... |
Phytoplasma and Viral diseases
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| Maize chlorotic dwarf | Maize chlorotic dwarf virus Maize chlorotic dwarf virus Maize chlorotic dwarf virus is a plant pathogenic virus of the family Sequiviridae.-External links:**... |
| Maize dwarf mosaic | Maize dwarf mosaic virus Maize dwarf mosaic virus Maize dwarf mosaic virus is a plant pathogenic virus of the family Potyviridae.-External links:**... |
| Sugarcane mosaic | Sugarcane mosaic virus Sugarcane mosaic virus Sugarcane mosaic virus is a plant pathogenic virus of the family Potyviridae.-External links:**... |
| Yellow sorghum stunt | Yellow sorghum stunt phytoplasma Phytoplasma Phytoplasma are specialised bacteria that are obligate parasites of plant phloem tissue and transmitting insects . They were first discovered by scientists in 1967 and were named mycoplasma-like organisms or MLOs. They cannot be cultured in vitro in cell-free media... |