Setaria spp.
millet
3 Related Pests
Foxtail mosaic virus
virus
Foxtail mosaic potexvirus
USA only
Kansas
Korea
2025-12-03
Host and distribution information from ARS GRIN. Foxtail mosaic virus does not cause any economically important disease (FoMV-3). Only found to be seed transmitted in oats and only from artificiallly inoculated plants in the laboratory FoMV-2).
Main: foxtail millet.
Artificial inoculations in the laboratory include Poaceae grasses and grains; no references found indicating infection in nature.
No
FoMV-2, CABI CPC, DPV WEB
Millet seed is not known to be a pathway.
FoMV-2, CABI CPC, DPV WEB
Rice stripe virus
virus
Rice stripe tenuivirus
Asia, Russia
Not known to occur
Korea
2023-08-21
Transmitted by leafhoppers and plant hoppers. Difficult to transmit mechanically and it is not seed transmitted.
Primarily rice. Reported naturally on wheat, corn and millet
No
RSV00-1, RSV00-2
Seed is not a pathway for rice stripe virus. Transmitted in a persistent manner by leafhoppers and plant hoppers.
RSV00-1, RSV00-2
Rice stripe virus. In: Crop Protection Compendium. Wallingford, UK: CAB International. www.cabi.org/cpc.
Brunt, AA, Crabtree, K., Dallwitz, MJ, Gibbs, AJ, Watson, L. and Zurcher, EJ. (eds.). Plant Viruses Online: Descriptions and Lists from the VIDE Database, Version: 16th 1997. http://bio-mirror.im.ac.cn/mirrors/pvo/vide/refs.htm
Pyricularia setariae
fungus
Pyricularia grisea f. sp. eleusines
Africa: Tanzania, Uganda; Asia: China, India, Japan, Malaysia, Sri Lanka; North America: Canada.
Not known to occur
Thailand
2024-12-22
Primarily a pathogen of millets. Some reports of seed infection by this pathogen in millets. Seed transmission is not known to occur (PYRISE-2) No reports of seed being a pathway for corn or small grains.
Main: finger millet, foxtail millet; Other: oats, barley, pearl millet, corn
uncertain
PYRISE-2, PYRISE-3, CABI CPC
Seed infection reported but no evidence that seed transmission occurs was found.. Seed infection incidence is typically low).
PYRISE-2, PYRISE-3, CABI CPC
Blotter assay
PYRISE-4
This test has not been standardized or validated.
Fungicide seed treatments
CABI CPC
All seed treatment references are more than 30 years old. No recent seed treatment options were found.
Liang PY; Lee YL; Shen LM, 1959. Studies on millet blast caused by Pyricularia setariae. Acta Phytopathology Sinica, 5:89-99.
Goel LB; Mathur SB; Joshi LM, 1967. Seed borne infestation of Pyricularia setariae in Setaria italica. Plant Disease Reporter, 51:138
Crop Protection Compendium. Wallingford, UK: CAB International. www.cabi.org/cpc.
Mathur SB; Goel LB; Joshi LM, 1967. Fungi associated with seeds of Setaria italica and their control. Proceedings of the International Seed Testing Association, 32: 633-638.
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