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Tilletia walkeri (ryegrass bunt )
Tilletia walkeri
ryegrass bunt
Australia, New Zealand, China
GA, OR, TN
2023-08-21 16:57:59
fungus
Korea
rygresses, wheat
TILLWA
US State information from ARS GRIN
2 Known Hosts
Lolium spp.
ryegrass
No
TILLWA-4,TILLWA-5
Pathway not proven. Teliospores of T. walker can be associated with seed samples, but seed transmission has not been proven.
Yes
Visual examination, Seed wash, Size selective sieving, PCR
TILLWA-1,TILLWA-3
TILLWA-4
Cunfer, B. M., and Castlebury, L. A. 1999. Tilletia walkeri on annual ryegrass in wheat fields in the southeastern United States. Plant Dis. 83:685-689.
TILLWA-5
L. A. Castlebury & L. M. Carris (1999) Tilletia walkeri, a new species on Lolium multiflorum and L. perenne, Mycologia, 91:1, 121-131
TILLWA-1
Tilletia walkeri, In: Crop Protection Compendium. Wallingford, UK: CAB International. www.cabi.org/cpc.
TILLWA-3
Frederick, R. D., Snyder, K. E., Tooley, P. W., Berthier-Schaad, Y., Peterson, G. L., Bonde, M. R., Schaad. N. W., and Knorr, D. A. 2000. Identification and differentiation of Tilletia indica and T. walkeri using the polymerase chain reaction. Phytopathology 90:951-960.
Triticum aestivum
wheat
No
TILLWA-4
Pathway not proven. Teliospores of T. walker can be associated with seed samples, but seed transmission has not been proven.
Yes
Visual examination, Seed wash, Size selective sieving, PCR
TILLWA-1,TILLWA-3
TILLWA-4
Cunfer, B. M., and Castlebury, L. A. 1999. Tilletia walkeri on annual ryegrass in wheat fields in the southeastern United States. Plant Dis. 83:685-689.
TILLWA-1
Tilletia walkeri, In: Crop Protection Compendium. Wallingford, UK: CAB International. www.cabi.org/cpc.
TILLWA-3
Frederick, R. D., Snyder, K. E., Tooley, P. W., Berthier-Schaad, Y., Peterson, G. L., Bonde, M. R., Schaad. N. W., and Knorr, D. A. 2000. Identification and differentiation of Tilletia indica and T. walkeri using the polymerase chain reaction. Phytopathology 90:951-960.
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