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Sclerotinia Primer |
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Authors
Andrew K. Gonsalves, Educational Specialist
Stephen A. Ferreira, Extension Plant Pathologist
Department of Plant Pathology, College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources
University of Hawaii at Manoa
Three Sclerotinia species have been reported to occur in Hawaii (Raabe, et al., 1981). The following is a list of the reported pathogens from this genus (Sclerotinia) 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.
SCLEROTINIA FUCKELIANA
Gray-Mold Rot:
Arabian coffee (Coffea arabica)
SCLEROTINIA HOMOECARPA
Dollar Spot:
seaside bentgrass (Agrostis palustris)
Bermuda grass (Cynodon dactylon)
SCLEROTINIA SCLEROTIORUM
Drop:
head lettuce (Lactuca sativa var. capitata)
Pink Rot:
celery (Apium graveolens var. dulce)
Sclerotinia Rot:
onion (Allium cepa)
cabbage (Brassica oleracea var. capitata)
sweet pepper (Capsicum frutescens)
florist's chrysanthemum (Chrysanthemum morifolium)
sunflower (Helianthus annuus)
tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum)
apple-of-Peru (Nicandra physalodes)
parsley (Petroselinum crispum)
garden bean (Phaseolus vulgaris)
Stem Blight:
eggplant (Solanum melongena)
Stem Rot:
Tulipa sp.
Other:
Chinese or celery cabbage (Brassica pekinensis)
KINGDOM: Mycetae (fungi)
DIVISION: Eumycota
SUBDIVISION: Ascomycotina (The sac fungi)
CLASS: Discomycetes
ORDER: Helotiales
GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS
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TYPES OF DISEASES
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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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