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Sphacelotheca destruens (head smut of millet )
Sphacelotheca destruens
head smut of millet
Anthracocystis destruens, Caeoma destruens, Sporisorium destruens, Tilletia destruens, Uredo destruens, Ustilago destruens, Sphacelotheca lioui, Sorosporium manchuricum, Sphacelotheca panici-miliacei var. manchurica,Sphacelotheca manchurica, Uredo segetum d panici-millacei, Ustilago panici-miliacei, Sphacelotheca panici-miliacei, Sorosporium panici-miliacei, Sphacelotheca panici-miliacei var. panici-miliacei
Worldwide
NE, KS, FL, CA, CO, MN, WA, WI, WY, ND
2022-04-27
fungus
Korea
Panicum grasses and millet
SPHTDE
Information from ARS GRIN
1 Known Hosts
Panicum spp.
proso millet
Yes
SPHTDE-2, SPHTDE-3, SPHTDE-4, SPHTDE-5
Seed is a pathway, though it is unclear in the research whether the fungus is seed transmitted or that spores are associated with the seed lot.
Seed treatments
Resistant varieties are common.
SPHTDE-3, SPHTDE-2
SPHTDE-2
Berglund DR. 2007. Proso Millet in North Dakota. North Dakota State University Agriculture and University Extension Fargo, ND
SPHTDE-3
Nelson LA and Kerr ED. 1984. Response of Proso Millet to Fungicide Seed Treatments1. Agron. J.76:723‐726.
SPHTDE-4
Richardson MJ, 1990. An Annotated List of Seed-borne Disease. International Seed Testing Association, Zurich, Switzerland
SPHTDE-5
Ainsworth GC. 1965. Sphacelotheca destruens. IMI Descriptions of Fungi and Bacteria. CABI, Wallingford, UK.
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