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Periconia circinata (milo disease of sorghum )
Periconia circinata
milo disease of sorghum
Aspergillus circinatus
Africa: South Africa, Tanzania; Asia: China; Europe: Czechia, Frace. Romania, UK; North America: USA; Oceania: Australia
AR, CA, KS, MS, NE, NM, OK, TX
2025-09-29
fungus
Korea, Mexico
Main: Sorghum; Other: Johnson grass
PERCCI
Periconia circinata is a soilborne fungus that infects plant roots and lower stems, causing root rot. It spreads mainly through contaminated soil, with infected plant debris serving as a local reservoir.
1 Known Hosts
Sorghum bicolor
sorghum
No
PERCCI-2, PERCCI-3, PERCCI-4, PERCCI-5
Periconia circinata infects sorghum roots and lower stems, causing damping-off and root rot. It spreads through contaminated soil. Seed is not a known pathway.
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PERCCI-2
Odvody GN, Dunkle LD, Edmunds LK, 1977. Characterization of the Periconia circinata population in a milo disease nursery. Phytopathology, 67:1485-1489
PERCCI-3
Farr, D.F. and Rossman, A.Y. Fungal Databases, Systematic Mycology and Microbiology Laboratory, ARS, USDA. 2016, http://nt.ars-grin.gov/fungaldatabases/
PERCCI-4
Hansing ED, Hartley A, 1962. Sorghum seed fungi and their control. Proceedings of the Associaition of Official Seed Analysts, 52:143-148.
PERCCI-5
Churchill, A. C., Dunkle, L. D., Silbert, W., Kennedy, K. J., & Macko, V. (2001). Differential synthesis of peritoxins and precursors by pathogenic strains of the fungus Periconia circinata. Applied and environmental microbiology, 67(12), 5721-5728.
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