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Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. nebraskensis (goss's wilt of corn )
Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. nebraskensis
goss's wilt of corn
Corynebacterium michiganense pv. nebraskense, Corynebacterium michiganense subsp. nebraskense, Corynebacterium nebraskense
Canada
Midwest states
2023-08-03
bacterium
China, Korea, Sudan
corn, sugarcane, sorghum, sudan grass.
CORBNE
Found in US Midwest where field corn is grown.
3 Known Hosts
Saccharum officinarum
sugarcane
No
No references found indicating sorghum seed is a pathway. Seed pathway may be inferred because seed pathway for corn is known.
Sorghum bicolor
sorghum
No
No references found indicating sorghum seed is a pathway. Seed pathway may be inferred because seed pathway for corn is known.
Zea mays
corn
Yes
CORBNE-2, CORBNE-3, CORBNE-1, CORBNE-4
Seed transmission plays a minor role where the disease is established and requires significant disease symptoms in the field for seed transmission to occur. The inefficient seed transmission is one reason the pathogen is only a moderate quarantine risk
Yes
Culture plating, Molecular
Culture Plating has been standardized and validated by the NSHS.
Culture plating is a standard method of the NSHS
NSHSUSDA, ISFRPLD
No
Crop rotation and the destruction of maize debris are recommended control practices. Resistance to Goss's wilt is common in corn hybrids
CORBNE-1
CORBNE-2
Biddle, J. A., McGee, D. C., and Braun, E. J. 1990. Seed transmission of Clavibacter michiganensis ssp. nebraskensis in corn. Plant Dis. 74:908- 911.
CORBNE-3
Schuster ML, 1972. Leaf freckles and wilt, a new corn disease. In: Proc. Annu. Corn Sorghum Res. Conf. 27. Washington D.C., USA: American Seed Trade Association. 176-191.
CORBNE-1
Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. nebraskensis. In: Crop Protection Compendium. Wallingford, UK: CAB International. www.cabi.org/cpc.
CORBNE-4
Osdaghi et al., (2022). clavibacter nebraskensis causing goss's wilt of maize: Five decades of detaining the enemy in the new world. Molecular Plant Pathology, 24(7), 675–692. Retrieved August, 2023
NSHSUSDA
ISFRPLD
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