ASTA Pest Database for Seeds (PeDS)

Scientific name

Enterobacter dissolvens

Common Name

stalk rot

Other Names

Aerobacter dissolvens, Aplanobacter dissolvens, Bacterium dissolvens, Erwinia dissolvens, Phytomonas dissolvens, Pseudomonas dissolvens

Distribution

Africa: India; Europe: Bulgaria, Spain; North America: Canada, USA.

US Distribution

Widespread

Data Reviewed

2024-09-13

Type

bacterium

Countries Listing Pest

Thailand

Host Range

Main: sorghum, corn, tobacco

Acronym

ERWIDI

Comments

2 Known Hosts

Scientific name

Sorghum bicolor

Crop

sorghum

Seed a Pathway

Reference

ERWIDI-2

Comments:

No references found indicating seed is a pathway.

Seed test

Detection type

Seed Detection Comments

Reccomended Health Test

Test Reference

Risk Type

Risk Comments

Risk Reference

Reference Index

ERWIDI-2

Richardson MJ, 1990. An Annotated List of Seed-borne Disease. International Seed Testing Association, Zurich, Switzerland

Scientific name

Zea mays

Crop

corn

Seed a Pathway

Reference

ERWIDI-3

Comments:

Seed is not known to be a pathway

Seed test

Detection type

Seed Detection Comments

Reccomended Health Test

Test Reference

Risk Type

Risk Comments

Risk Reference

Reference Index

ERWIDI-3

McGee, DC. 1988. Maize Diseases: A reference Source for Seed Technologists. APS Press, St. Paul, MN USA. 150 pp.

Sorghum bicolor (sorghum)

Zea mays (corn)