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Cochliobolus Primer

General Information Summary
Pathogens & Hosts Taxonomy Characteristics Disease Types Management Graphics References

Authors

Andrew K. Gonsalves, Educational Specialist

Stephaen A. Ferreira, Extension Plant Pathologist

Department of Plant Pathology, College of Agriculture and Human Resources

University of Hawaii at Manoa

PATHOGENS & HOSTS

Four Cochliobolus species have been reported to occur in Hawaii (Raabe, et al., 1981). The following is a list of the reported pathogens from this genus (Cochliobolus) and the hosts they infect. The list is organized by the scientific name of the pathogen species (CAPITAL LETTERS), followed by the various susceptible plant hosts. Words in blue indicate what symptom or disease a given pathogen causes on the listed hosts.

COCHLIOBOLUS CARBONUM

corn, maize (Zea mays)

COCHLIOBOLUS HETEROSTROPHUS

Southern Corn Blight:

corn, maize (Zea mays)

COCHLIOBOLUS LUNATA

sugar cane (Saccharum officinarum)

COCHLIOBOLUS STENOSPILUS

Brown Stripe:

sugar cane (Saccharum officinarum)

TAXONOMY

KINGDOM: Mycetae (fungi)

DIVISION: Eumycota

SUBDIVISION: Ascomycotina (The sac fungi)

CLASS: Loculoascomycetes (The ascostromatic fungi)

ORDER: Pleosporales

GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS

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TYPES OF DISEASES

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MANAGEMENT

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REFERENCES

Agrios, G.N. 1988. Plant Pathology, 3rd edition. Academic Press, Inc: San Diego. 803 pp.

Farr, , D.F., G.F. Bills, G.P. Chamuris, and A.Y. Rossman. 1989. Fungi on Plants and Plant Products in the United States. APS PRESS: St. Paul, Minnesota. 1252 pp.

Raabe, Robert D., Ibra L. Conners, and Albert P. Martinez. 1981. Checklist of Plant Diseases in Hawaii. Hawaii Institute of Agriculture and Human Resources, College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources, University of Hawaii (Information Text Series 022).

Streets, R.B. 1982. The Diagnosis of Plant Diseases: a field and laboratory manual emphasizing the most practical methods for rapid identification. The University of Arizona Press: Tucson, Arizona.

 

 

JUNE 1994

 

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