Pestalotiopsis palmarum. [Descriptions of Fungi and Bacteria].

Author(s):  
J. E. M. Mordue

Abstract A description is provided for Pestalotiopsis palmarum. Information is included on the disease caused by the organism, its transmission, geographical distribution, and hosts. HOSTS: On Palmae, including Borassus flabellifer, Chamaerops humulis, Capsicum, Cocos nucifera, Elaeis guineensis, Phoenix dactylifera, P. canariensis, Areca catechu, Arenga, Caryota, Howea, Manilkara hexandra, Musa, Roystonia, Diospyros, Eichhornia, Flacourtia, Pimenta, Pinus, rubber, tea. DISEASE: A minor leaf spot probably restricted to the Palmae and reported as causing disease in Areca catechu, Borassus flabellifer, Cocos nucifera, Chamaerops humulis and Elaeis guineensis. Small yellow-brown spots, becoming whitish to grey with a dark brown border, oval, more than 1 cm long and elongating parallel to the veins, sometimes coalescing, with the dark acervuli on the upper surface within the central part. GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION: Andaman Islands, Australia, Bermuda, Brazil, Cayman Islands, Ceylon, Congo Republic, Colombia, Cuba, Diego Garcia, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Fiji, Ghana, Gilbert and Ellice Islands, Guinea, Guyana, Honduras, Hong Kong, Haiti, India, Indonesia, Italy, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Kenya, Laos, Malagasy Republic, Malaysia, Mauritius, Mozambique, Morocco, New Caledonia, New Hebrides, Nigeria, Pakistan, Panama, Papua-New Guinea, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Senegal, Seychelles, South Africa, Surinam, Solomon Islands, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Thailand, Uganda, USA (California, Florida), Vietnam, Yugoslavia, Zambia. TRANSMISSION: No detailed studies reported.

Author(s):  
K. D. Hyde

Abstract A description is provided for Pseudoepicoccum cocos. Information is included on the disease caused by the organism, its transmission, geographical distribution, and hosts. HOSTS: Areca sp., Cocos nucifera, Elaeis guineensis. DISEASE: Oval reddish brown, zonate, leaf spots, 18 × 6 mm (11, 780). GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION: Australia, Cook Islands, Solomon Islands, India, Indonesia, Jamaica, Kiribati, Malaysia, Mauritius, New Caledonia, New Hebrides, Niue, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Sarawak, Seychelles, Tanzania, Thailand, Tonga, Tuvalu, Western Samoa. TRANSMISSION: By airborne conidia.


Author(s):  
M. B. Ellis

Abstract A description is provided for Drechslera incurvata. Information is included on the disease caused by the organism, its transmission, geographical distribution, and hosts. HOSTS: Cocos nucifera. DISEASE: A leaf spot of young coconut (Cocos nucifera). The spots are at first small, oval, brown; enlarging and becoming pale buff in the centre with a broad, dark brown margin. In severe attacks the edges of leaves become extensively necrotic. GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION: Apart from records from Jamaica and Seychelles the fungus has been reported only from S.E. Asia, Australasia and Oceania: British Solomon Islands, Fiji, French Polynesia, Malaysia (W., Sabah, Sarawak), New Caledonia, New Hebrides, Papua-New Guinea, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Vietnam and Thailand. TRANSMISSION: Presumably air dispersed.


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Abstract A new distribution map is provided for Dysdercus sidae Montr. (D. insular is Stål) (Hemipt., Pyrrhocoridae). Host Plants: Cotton, kapok, Hibiscus spp. Information is given on the geographical distribution in AUSTRALASIA AND PACIFIC ISLANDS, Australia, Fiji, Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia, New Hebrides, Niue, Papua & New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Wallis Islands, Irian Jaya.


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Abstract A new distribution map is provided for Coconut cadang-cadang viroid. Hosts: Coconut (Cocos nucifera), Corypha elata, oil palm (Elaeis guineensis). Information is given on the geographical distribution in Guam, Philippines, Solomon Islands.


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Abstract A new distribution map is provided for Mycosphaerella fijiensis Morelet. Hosts: Banana (Musa). Information is given on the geographical distribution in AFRICA, Cameroon, Gabon, ASIA, Indonesia (Java), Peninsular Malaysia, Philippines, Taiwan, Thailand, AUSTRALASIA & OCEANIA, Cook Islands, Fiji, French, Polynesia, Hawaii, New Caledonia, New Hebrides, Norfolk Islands, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tahiti, Tonga, US Pacific Trust Territory.


Author(s):  
G. Morgan-Jones

Abstract A description is provided for Leptosphaeria michotii. Information is included on the disease caused by the organism, its transmission, geographical distribution, and hosts. HOSTS: On Saccharum officinarum and a variety of other monocotyledonous genera including Agropyron, Agrostis, Andropogon, Arundo, Brachypodium, Calamagrostis, Carex, Cladium, Dactylis, Deschampsia, Festuca, Holcus, Iris, Juncus, Melica, Molinia, Nardus, Oryza, Panicum, Phalaris, Phleum, Scirpus, Triticum, Typha, Zea. DISEASE: Leaf spot of sugarcane (Booth, 1960), leaf blast of sugarcane (Yen & Chi, 1954). GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION: Africa (Kenya, Sierra Leone, Uganda); Asia (Japan, Nepal); Australasia and Oceania (Australia, Fiji, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New Hebrides, Samoa, Solomon Islands); Europe (Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Sweden, Switzerland); Caribbean (Jamaica); South America (British Guiana). TRANSMISSION: Persisting in stubble and leaf debris. Conidia disseminated by rain-splash.


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Abstract A new distribution map is provided for Leptocorisa acuta (Thunb.) (L. varicornis F.) (Hemipt., Coreidae). Host Plants: Rice, wild grasses. Information is given on the geographical distribution in ASIA, Bhutan, Burma, Ceylon, China, Fukien, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Malaya, Pakistan, Philippine Islands, Sabah, Sarawak, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, AUSTRALASIA and PACIFIC ISLANDS, Australia, Fiji, New Caledonia, New Hebrides, Papua and New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Irian Jaya.


Author(s):  
J. L. Mulder

Abstract A description is provided for Cercospora fuligena. Information is included on the disease caused by the organism, its transmission, geographical distribution, and hosts. HOSTS: Lycopersicon esculentum. DISEASE: Leaf spot or leaf mould of tomato; the latter common name is best retained for the more important pathogen (Fulvia fulva (Cooke) Cif.) on the same host. Early symptoms are faint, sunken, chlorotic areas with indefinite margins; the infected areas become necrotic and have an indefinite discoloured halo on both leaf surfaces; defoliation can occur (35, 52; 53, 4592). GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION: Africa (Ivory Coast, Nigeria); Asia (Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam); Australasia & Oceania (New Caledonia, New Hebrides, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands) (CMI Map 382, ed. 2, 1970). Unmapped new records are: Burundi (50, 2635), Hong Kong, Togo (Herb. IMI) and USA (Florida. ; 53, 4592). A record from Mexico (Zevada, Yerkes & Niederhauser; 36, 2) is considered doubtful. TRANSMISSION: No studies reported.


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Abstract A new distribution map is provided for Rhabdoscelus obscurus (Boisduval) Coleoptera: Dryophthoridae Attacks sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum), coconut (Cocos nucifera), oil palm (Elaeis guineensis) and sago palm (Metroxylon sagu). Information is given on the geographical distribution in ASIA, Christmas Island, Indonesia, Irian Jaya, Maluku, Nusa Tenggara, Sulawesi, Japan, Bonin Islands, Honshu, Malaysia, Sarawak, Taiwan, NORTH AMERICA, USA, Hawaii, OCEANIA, American Samoa, Australia, New South Wales, Queensland, Cook Islands, Fed. States of Micronesia, Fiji, French Polynesia, Guam, Marshall Islands, Nauru, New Caledonia, Niue, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Vanuatu.


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Abstract A new distribution map is provided for Palm lethal yellowing phytoplasma Bacteria: Phytoplasmas Hosts: Mainly coconut (Cocos nucifera), also date (Phoenix dactylifera) and P. canadensis. Information is given on the geographical distribution in AFRICA, Benin, Cameroon, Ghana, Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, Tanzania, Togo, NORTH AMERICA, Mexico, USA, Florida, Texas, CENTRAL AMERICA & CARIBBEAN, Bahamas, Belize, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica.


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