Setophoma terrestris
pink root of onion
Pyrenochaeta terrestris, Phoma terrestris
Africa: Senegal; Asia: India, Israel; Europe: Greece, Netherlands, Poland; North America: Mexico, USA; Oceania: Australia; South America: Argentina, Venezuela.
DE, IA, MD, VA.
2024-09-24
fungus
Korea
Wide host range, though only producing symptoms and disease on onion, corn and rice.
PYRETE
Ubiquitous soil fungus. Often a secondary invader of plant roots when weakened by other pathogens.
4 Known Hosts
Allium cepa
onion
No
PYRETE-4, ISFRPLD, PYRETE-5
Seed is not known to be a pathway.
Sumner, DR. 2008 Pink Root. In, Compendium of Onion and Garlic Diseases and Pests, Second Edition. Eds. Schwartz, HF and Mohan, SK., American Phytopathological Society, St. Paul, MN, USA
Levic, J., Petrovic, T., Stankovic, S., & Ivanovic, D. (2013). The incidence of Pyrenochaeta terrestris in root of different plant species in Serbia. Zbornik Matice Srpske Za Prirodne Nauke, 2013(125), 21–30.
Oryza sativa
rice
No
PYRETE-2
Rice may be a host of this pathogen and may express symptoms in the field, but seed is not known to be a pathway.
Farr, D.F. and Rossman, A.Y. Fungal Databases, Systematic Mycology and Microbiology Laboratory, ARS, USDA. 2017, http://nt.ars-grin.gov/fungaldatabases/
Poaceae family
grasses
No
PYRETE-2
Though this fungus has been found on many Poaceae grasses species, seed is not known to be a pathway. Since the pathogen is a ubiquitous soil fungi it is often isolated from plants weakened by other primary pathogens.
Farr, D.F. and Rossman, A.Y. Fungal Databases, Systematic Mycology and Microbiology Laboratory, ARS, USDA. 2017, http://nt.ars-grin.gov/fungaldatabases/
Zea mays
corn
No
PYRETE-2, ISFRPLD, PYRETE-5
The fungus causes red root rot in maize in association with Pythium and Fusarium species. Roots and the basal part of the maize stalk, primarily under the ground are infected (ISF). Seed is not known to be a pathway.
Farr, D.F. and Rossman, A.Y. Fungal Databases, Systematic Mycology and Microbiology Laboratory, ARS, USDA. 2017, http://nt.ars-grin.gov/fungaldatabases/
Levic, J., Petrovic, T., Stankovic, S., & Ivanovic, D. (2013). The incidence of Pyrenochaeta terrestris in root of different plant species in Serbia. Zbornik Matice Srpske Za Prirodne Nauke, 2013(125), 21–30.
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