Puccinia sorghi. [Descriptions of Fungi and Bacteria].
Abstract A description is provided for Puccinia sorghi. Information is included on the disease caused by the organism, its transmission, geographical distribution, and hosts. HOSTS: Pycnia and aecia on some 30 species of Oxalis including O. corniculata (some of these by artificial inoculation only). Uredia and telia on Euchlaena mexicana, E. perennis and Zea mays. DISEASE: Rust of maize causing chlorosis and death of leaves and leaf sheaths. GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION: The aecial infection is limited in distribution to temperate regions in Europe, the United States of America, Mexico and South Africa, with one record from Nepal (C.P. News 7: 59, 1961). The uredial and telial stages are practically co-extensive with the distribution of their hosts (CMI Map 279). In the tropics it is less common than Puccinia polysora below 4, 000 feet. TRANSMISSION: By air (Phytopathology 47: 101-7), by seed (Reyes, Philippine J. Agric. 18: 115-128; 1953) and probably also by infected or contaminated material.