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Physalospora zeicola (ear rot of maize )
Physalospora zeicola
ear rot of maize
Botryosphaeria festucae, Diplodia frumenti, Sphaeria festucae, Physalospora festucae, Physalospora conica
Africa: Tanzania; Asia: China, India, Philippines; Europe: Austria, Germany, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, UK; North America: USA; Oceania: Australia, Papua New Guinea; South America: Brazil, Venezuela.
CA, LA, NJ, OK, AL, GA, SC, TN, TX, ND, FL
2024-12-21
fungus
Thailand
corn, wild grasses
PHYOZI
Distribution information from Farr and Rossman, 2020.
1 Known Hosts
Zea mays
corn
No
PHYOZE-1, PHYOZE-2, PHYOZE-3, PHYOZE-4
Early reports (1930s) of seed infection, were found, but evidence of seed transmission is lacking. No recent reports of seed transmission for this pathogen, though kernels may become discolored. The disease is primarily found in Florida.
PHYOZE-1
Farr, D.F. and Rossman, A.Y. Fungal Databases, Systematic Mycology and Microbiology Laboratory, ARS, USDA. 2018, http://nt.ars-grin.gov/fungaldatabases/
PHYOZE-2
EPPO (2018) EPPO Global Database (available online). https://gd.eppo.int
PHYOZE-3
Richardson MJ, 1990. An Annotated List of Seed-borne Disease. International Seed Testing Association, Zurich, Switzerland
PHYOZE-4
UllStrup, A.J. 1953. Several Ear Rots of Corn. In; A Yearbook of Agriculture. USDA Publication, USA
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