ASTA Pest Database for Seeds (PeDS)

Scientific name

Phyllachora sacchari

Common Name

tar spot

Other Names

Phyllachora sacchari-aegyptiaci

Distribution

Philippines, Papua New Guinea, China, Brunei Darussalam, India, Indonesia, Malay Peninsula, Malaysia, Myanmar, Hong Kong

US Distribution

Not known to occur

Data Reviewed

2021-04-14

Type

fungus

Countries Listing Pest

Korea

Host Range

sugarcane, sorghum

Acronym

PHYRSA

Comments

Distribution information from ARS GRIN.

2 Known Hosts

Scientific name

Saccharum officinarum

Crop

sugarcane

Seed a Pathway

Reference

PHYRSA-2

Comments:

No references found indicating seed is a pathway. Ascospores in plant debris is the primary inoculum and this is a minor disease of sugarcane.

Seed test

Detection type

Seed Detection Comments

Reccomended Health Test

Test Reference

Risk Type

Risk Comments

Risk Reference

Reference Index

PHYRSA-2

Ricaud, C. 2000. Black Tar Spot. In A Guide to Sugarcane Diseases, Eds. Rott, P., Bailey, RA, Comstock, JC, Croft, BJ, Saumtally, AS., CIRAD and ISSCT, France.

Scientific name

Sorghum bicolor

Crop

sorghum

Seed a Pathway

Reference

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

Saccharum officinarum (sugarcane)

Sorghum bicolor (sorghum)