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Moesziomyces bullatus (pearl millet smut )
Moesziomyces bullatus
pearl millet smut
Sorosporium bullatum,Tolypoderma bullata, Tolyposporium bullatum, Tolyposporium evernium, Moesziomyces evernius, Tolyposporium minus, Tolyposporium paspali, Tolyposporium penicillariae, Moesziomyces penicillariae, Tolyposporium senegalense, Sorosporium senegalense, Ustilago verrucosa
Africa: Botswana, Burkina Faso, Chad, Gambia, Ghana, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe; Asia: China, India, Myanmar, Pakistan, Yemen; Europe: Germany, Poland, Romania; North America: USA; Oceania: Australia.
Northeast, Midwest, CA
2025-12-23
fungus
Korea
Main: millet
MOESBU
Korea lists this pathogen as Tolyposporidium penicillariae. Pearl millet most common host and seed pathway has been verified for only pearl millet.
Crops
Pennisetum spp.
pearl millet
Yes
MOESBU-4, MOESBU-5, MOESBU-6, MOESBU-7, MOESBU-8
Spores may be transmitted to soil by planting seed infested with teliospore balls. The pathogen is not internally seedborne. Sori are primarily associated with seed lots and replace seeds in spikes. Varieties with male sterile cytoplasma are more susceptible.
Yes
Visual examination
This test has not been validated or standardized.
MOESBU-3, MOESBU-4, MOESBU-5, MOESBU-6, CABI CPC
Chemical, cultural
Seed treatments have not been effective; however, cleaning seed lots and resistant varieties is most effective.
CABI CPC
2025-12-23 14:58:59
MOESBU-4
Wells HD, Burton GW and Ourecky DK, 1963. Tolyposporium smut, a new disease on pearl millet, Pennisetum glaucum, in the United States. Plant Disease Reporter, 47:16-19
MOESBU-5
Rai KN and Thakur RP, 1996. Smut reaction of pearl millet hybrids affected by fertility restoration and genetic resistance of parental lines. Euphytica, 90:31-37
MOESBU-6
Yadav MS and Duhan JC, 2000. Health status of pearl millet seeds of different government agencies in Haryana. Seed Research, 28:104-105
MOESBU-7
Diagne-Leye, G., Sare, I. C., Martinez, Y., Fall-Ndiaye, M. A., Sabbagh, S. K., Ba, A. T., & Roux, C. P. (2013). The life cycle of the smut fungus Moesziomyces penicillariae is adapted to the short-cycle of the host, Pennisetum glaucum. Fungal biology, 117(5), 311-318.
MOESBU-8
Das, I. K., Nagaraja, A., & Tonapi, V. A. (2016). Diseases of millets. Indian Farming, 41.
MOESBU-3
Chahal SS, Thakur RP, and Mathur SB, 1994. Seed-borne diseases and seed health testing of pearl millet. Copenhagen, Denmark: Danish Government Institute of Seed Pathology for Developing Countries, 72 pp
CABI CPC
Crop Protection Compendium. Wallingford, UK: CAB International. www.cabi.org/cpc.
Zea mays
corn
No
CABI CPC, RICH ISTA
No references found indicating that corn seed is a pathway..
2025-12-23 15:18:25
CABI CPC
Crop Protection Compendium. Wallingford, UK: CAB International. www.cabi.org/cpc.
RICH ISTA
Richardson, MJ. 1990. An Annotated List of Seedborne Diseases. International Seed Testing Association, Zurich Switzerland.
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