Occurs in rice production areas. Does not occur in CA
1 Known Hosts
Oryza sativa
rice
Yes
PSDMGM-1,PSDMGM-2,PSDMGM-3,PSDMGM-4
Disease is known to cause discoloration of rice grain and bacteria is readily recovered. Data on actual seed transmission is primaily from artificially inoculated plants and evidence of seed transmission is vague, Research from Japan indicates that bacteria on seed may contribute to movement of the disease.
Yes
Seed wash, Selective medium
PSDMGM-1
Oxolinic acid, nonyl-phenyl-sulfonic-copper and kasugamycin were effective. Seed disinfectants such as calcium hypoclhloride gave some control. Thiram.
Cultural control and sanitary methods during production. Biological control
Tsushima, Mogi, Naito and Saito, 1989. Existence of Pseudomonas glumae on the rice seeds and development of the simple method for detecting P. glumae from the rice seeds. Bulletin of the Kyushu National Agricultural Experiment Station 25:261-270
Uematsu, T., et al. 1976. Occurrence of bacterial seedling rot in nursery flat, caused by grain rot bacterium Pseudomonas glumae [rice]. Annals of the Phytopathological Society of Japan.
Tabei, H.; Azegami, K.; Fukuda, T.; Goto, T. 1989. Stomatal infection of rice grain with Pseudomonas glumae, the causal agent of the bacterial grain rot of rice. Annals of the Phytopathological Society of Japan 55; 224-228