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Ascochyta Primer |
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Authors
Andrew K. Gonsalves, Educational Specialist
Stephen A. Ferreira, Extension Plant Pathologist
Department of Plant Pathology, College of Tropical Agiculture and Human Resources
University of Hawaii at Manoa
Over seven Ascochyta species have been reported to occur in Hawaii (Raabe, et al., 1981). The following is a list of the reported pathogens from this genus (Ascochyta) 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.
ASCOCHYTA BOLTSHAUSERI
lima bean (Phaseolus limensis)
ASCOCHYTA CARICAE
Stem-End Rot:
papaya (Carica papaya)
ASCOCHYTA CHRYSANTHEMI
Ray Blight:
florist's chrysanthemum (Chrysanthemum morifolium)
ASCOCHYTA IMPERFECTA
Black Stem and Leafspot:
alfalfa (Medicago sativa)
ASCOCHYTA PINODES
Ascochyta Blight:
pea (Pisum sativum)
edible-podded pea (Pisum var. macrocarpon)
ASCOCHYTA PISI
Leaf and Pod Spot:
pea (Pisum sativum)
ASCOCHYTA RHEI
Leafspot:
rhubarb (Rheum rhaponticum)
ASCOCHYTA SP.
Stem Spot:
Tangier pea (Lathyrus tingitanus)
Other:
pea (Pisum sativum)
KINGDOM: Mycetae (fungi)
DIVISION: Eumycota (eumycetes)
SUBDIVISION: Deuteromycotina (The imperfect fungi)
CLASS: Coelomycetes
ORDER: Sphaeropsidales
GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS
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TYPES OF DISEASES
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Below is a list of graphics that are available for this Genus:
Ascochyta blight of cotton
Ascochyta rough spot of sorghum
Agrios, G.N. 1988. Plant Pathology, 3rd edition. Academic Press, Inc: San Diego. 803 pp.
Corlett, M. 1991. An Annotated List of the Published Names in Mycosphaerella and Sphaerella (Mycologia Memoir No. 18). J. Cramer: Berlin. 328 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.
Tomilin, B.A. 1979. Opredelitel'gribov roda Mycosphaerella Johans. 319 pp.
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