Abstract
A description is provided for Pyrenochaeta terrestris. Information is included on the disease caused by the organism, its transmission, geographical distribution, and hosts. HOSTS: Allium cepa; other species of Allium. DISEASE: Pink root of onion (Allium cepa), and also may cause disease in Welsh onion (A. fistulosum), leek (A. ampeloprasum), shallot (A. cepa var. aggregatum), garlic (A. sativum) and chive (A. schoenoprasum). Also, as a soil inhabitant, it is frequently isolated from the roots of many crops on which no disease is caused (20, 138; 22, 429; 23, 261; 25, 82; 33, 332; 45, 311; 47, 2119; 50, 136). GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION: Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Egypt, Germany, Hong Kong, Mauritius, New Zealand, Pakistan, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Uganda, UK, USA, Venezuela. TRANSMISSION: Soil, water and the infected host.