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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
Over four Sclerotium species have been reported to occur in Hawaii (Raabe, et al., 1981). The following is a list of the reported pathogens from this genus (Sclerotium) 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.
SCLEROTIUM BATATICOLA
Charcoal Rot:
spiny amaranth, pakai-puku (Amaranthus spinosus)
peanut (Arachis hypogaea)
sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)
tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum)
cheese weed (Malva parviflora)
apple-of-Peru (Nicandra physalodes)
garden bean (Phaseolus vulgaris)
knob-cone pine (Pinus attenuata)
royal palm (Roystonea elata)
eggplant (Solanum melongena)
vinegar tree (Tristania conferta)
wine grape (Vitis vinifera)
SCLEROTIUM CEPIVORUM
White Rot:
onion (Allium cepa)
SCLEROTIUM ROLFSII
Corm and Set Rot:
taro (Colocasia esculenta)
Red Rot of Leaf Sheath:
sugar cane (Saccharum officinarum)cccc
Southern Blight:
bugleweed (Ajuga reptans)
Alternanthera sp.
peanut (Arachis hypogaea)
Barleria sp.
pigion pea (Cajanus cajan)
sweet pepper (Capsicum frutescens)
florist's chrysanthemum (Chrysanthemum morifolium)
watermelon (Citrullus vulgaris)
Coreopsis sp.
winter squash (Cucurbita maxima)
carrot (Daucus carota var. sativa)
delphinium (Delphinium sp.)
sweet william (Dianthus barbatus)
carnation (Dianthus caryophyllus)
lawn leaf (Dichondra repens)
Flora's paintbrush (Emilia sonchifolia)
soybean (Glycine max)
tawny daylily (Hemerocallis fulva)
Hemerocallis sp.
okra (Hibiscus esculentus)
Impatiens sp.
sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)
star jasmine (Jasminum multiflorum)
farfugium (Ligularia kaemperi)
false thyme (Lippia micromera)
tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum)
alfalfa (Medicago sativa)
Pentas lanceolat
garden bean (Phaseolus vulgaris)
Phyla nodiflora
ground cherry, poha (Physalis peruviana)
tuberose (Polianthes tuberosa)
eggplant (Solanum melongena)
potato (Solaum tuberosum)
Spathiphyllum sp
white clover (Trifolium repens)
cowpea (Vigna sinensis)
corn, maize (Zea mays)
Zebrina sp.
SCLEROTIUM SP.
carnation (Dianthus caryophyllus)
sugar cane (Saccharum officinarum)
KINGDOM: Mycetae (fungi)
DIVISION: Eumycota
SUBDIVISION: Deuteromycotina (The imperfect fungi)
CLASS: Agonomycetes
ORDER: Agonomycetales
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:
Southern stem blight of peanut
This may be caused by Sclerotium rolfsii.
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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