Panicum spp.
proso millet
2 Related Pests
Sphacelotheca destruens
fungus
Anthracocystis destruens, Caeoma destruens, Sporisorium destruens, Tilletia destruens, Uredo destruens, Ustilago destruens, Sphacelotheca lioui, Sorosporium manchuricum, Sphacelotheca panici-miliacei var. manchurica,Sphacelotheca manchurica, Uredo segetum d panici-millacei, Ustilago panici-miliacei, Sphacelotheca panici-miliacei, Sorosporium panici-miliacei, Sphacelotheca panici-miliacei var. panici-miliacei
Worldwide
NE, KS, FL, CA, CO, MN, WA, WI, WY, ND
Korea
2022-04-27
Information from ARS GRIN
Panicum grasses and millet
Yes
SPHTDE-2, SPHTDE-3, SPHTDE-4, SPHTDE-5
Seed is a pathway, though it is unclear in the research whether the fungus is seed transmitted or that spores are associated with the seed lot.
SPHTDE-2, SPHTDE-3, SPHTDE-4, SPHTDE-5
Seed treatments
SPHTDE-3, SPHTDE-2
Resistant varieties are common.
Berglund DR. 2007. Proso Millet in North Dakota. North Dakota State University Agriculture and University Extension
Fargo, ND
Nelson LA and Kerr ED. 1984. Response of Proso Millet to Fungicide Seed Treatments1. Agron. J.76:723‐726.
Richardson MJ, 1990. An Annotated List of Seed-borne Disease. International Seed Testing Association, Zurich, Switzerland
Ainsworth GC. 1965. Sphacelotheca destruens. IMI Descriptions of Fungi and Bacteria. CABI, Wallingford, UK.
Moesziomyces bullatus
fungus
Sorosporium bullatum,Tolypoderma bullata, Tolyposporium bullatum, Tolyposporium evernium, Moesziomyces evernius, Tolyposporium minus, Tolyposporium paspali, Tolyposporium penicillariae, Moesziomyces penicillariae, Tolyposporium senegalense, Sorosporium senegalense, Ustilago verrucosa
Africa, Asia, India,Germany, Poland, Romania, Australia, Canada, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Japan, New Zealand, Spain, Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, Taiwan, Italy, Bulgaria, Mexico
Northeast, Midwest, CA
Korea
2022-12-01
Korea lists this pathogen as Tolyposporidium penicillariae. Pearl millet most common host and seed pathway has been verified for only pearl millet.
millets with male sterility (MOESBU-5)
No
MOESBU-2
Pathway not Proven. Only one reference found indicating seed may be a pathway in Panicum millets. Reference not verified. Seed is a pathway in pearl millets, especially those with male sterility.
MOESBU-2
Richardson MJ, 1990. An Annotated List of Seed-borne Disease. International Seed Testing Association, Zurich, Switzerland
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