Lophodermium kumaunicum. [Descriptions of Fungi and Bacteria].

Author(s):  
D. W. Minter

Abstract A description is provided for Lophodermium kumaunicum. Information is included on the disease caused by the organism, its transmission, geographical distribution, and hosts. HOSTS: Pinus kesiya, P. roxburghii. DISEASE: Needle cast of pines. Little is known about the ecology of this species, but it seems likely that it fruits only after the needles have entered the litter. It is important to distinguish this species from other pine needle inhabitating species of Lophodermium, some of which are well documented as being strongly pathogenic (CMI Descriptions 563, 564, 568). GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION: Asia (India: Assam, Uttar Pradesh; Philippines). TRANSMISSION: By air-borne ascospores in wet or humid weather.

Author(s):  
D. W. Minter

Abstract A description is provided for Lophodermium indianum. Information is included on the disease caused by the organism, its transmission, geographical distribution, and hosts. HOSTS: Pinus caribaea, P. glabra, P. patula, P. roxburghii, P. serotina, P. taeda; previous reports of this species on P. thunbergii are incorrect. DISEASE: Needle cast of pines. Ascocarps of this species occur predominantly on dead needles in the litter, so that at first sight it appears to be saprophytic. Almost nothing is known of its ecology, however, and since many other species of this genus inhabitating pine needles are known to exist as endophytes in apparently healthy needles before producing ascocarps, this species should be regarded as a potential pathogen until shown to be otherwise. GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION: Asia (India: Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh; Pakistan: Rawalpindi). TRANSMISSION: By air-borne ascospores in wet or humid weather.


Author(s):  
C. S. Millar

Abstract A description is provided for Lophodermella conjuncta. Information is included on the disease caused by the organism, its transmission, geographical distribution, and hosts. HOSTS: Pinus mugo, P. nigra var. maritima, P. sylvestris. DISEASE: Pine needle blight leading to premature needle cast in plantations. No common name. GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION: Europe (Estonian SSR, Finland, Great Britain, Sweden, Switzerland).


Author(s):  
D. W. Minter

Abstract A description is provided for Lophodermella orientalis. Information is included on the disease caused by the organism, its transmission, geographical distribution, and hosts. HOSTS: Pinus kesiya. DISEASES: 'Yellow band' needle cast of pines. This disease was first encountered at two hardwood forest sites near Darjeeling, at altitudes of 1600 m and 2100 m above sea level, affecting P. kesiya in plantations 6 months, 18 months and 6 years of age. The proportion of trees infected varied from 20-80%, with up to 40% of the needles bearing lesions. Symptoms have been reported mainly from secondary needles and only occasionally from primary needles. They began as broad yellow bands up to 2 cm wide, later each with several large orange or brown elliptical spots which on microscopic examination were seen to be ascomata embedded in the needle. GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION: India (West Bengal), Thailand. TRANSMISSION: By ascospores extruded in cirrhi in wet or humid conditions. This is a most unusual feature for members of the Rhytismataceae, which generally disperse by airborne ascospores. It is possible that this species may also disperse by airborne ascospores in conditions other than those in which it has been observed to date.


Author(s):  
D. W. Minter

Abstract A description is provided for Lophodermium himalayense. Information is included on the disease caused by the organism, its transmission, geographical distribution, and hosts. HOSTS: Pinus densiflora, Pinus greggii, Pinus insularis, Pinus kesiya, Pinus longifolia, Pinus oocarpa, Pinus patula, Pinus roxburghii, Pinus taeda, Pinus wallichiana, Pinus sp. DISEASES: Needle cast of pines. Although the biology of this species is not known, it is included here for reference, as other members of the genus, and in particular Lophodermium seditiosum Minter, Staley & Millar (Description Sheet 568), are important pathogens of pines. GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION: India (Assam, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, North Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh), Sri Lanka. TRANSMISSION: By airborne ascospores in wet or humid conditions.


Author(s):  
C. S. Millar

Abstract A description is provided for Lophodermella sulcigena. Information is included on the disease caused by the organism, its transmission, geographical distribution, and hosts. HOSTS: Pinus sylvestris, P. mugo, P. nigra var. maritima, P. contorta. DISEASE: Pine needle blight, leading to premature needle cast; 'Swedish pine cast'. GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION: Europe. Records from Czechoslovakia, Estonian SSR, Finland, Germany, Norway, Switzerland, Sweden, UK, USSR, Yugoslavia. TRANSMISSION: By air-borne ascospores in humid/wet weather.


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Abstract A new distribution map is provided for Aceria cajani Channabasavanna. Acari: Eriophyidae. Host: pigeon peas (Cajanus cajan). Information is given on the geographical distribution in Asia (Bangladesh, China, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Yunnan, India, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Delhi, Gujarat, Haryana, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Orissa, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Thailand).


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Abstract A new distribution map is provided for Uromyces decoratus H. Sydow & Sydow. Hosts: Sunn hemp (Crotalaria juncea). Information is given on the geographical distribution in Africa, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Asia, China, Yunnan, India, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Karnataka, Kerala, Japan, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, South America, Venezuela.


Author(s):  
E. V. Bogomolova

Abstract A description is provided for Torula herbarum. Information is included on the disease caused by the organism, its transmission, geographical distribution, and hosts. DISEASE: Leaf and stem spots in plants; foot-rot of coriander; stem blight in Zizyphus mauritiana (small brown specks on bark near cut ends of branches, these spots enlarging into dark brown lesions and coalescing within 10-15 days, further stages being characterized by black broad strips of lesions, which progress towards the basal part of the tree); destruction of paper; biodeterioration of marble; decomposition of soil organic matter. HOSTS: Very common on or in dead herbaceous stems, wood (including artefacts such as baskets, cloth and furniture), soil, air, calcareous and siliceous rock, and artefacts such as concrete, linoleum, paper, sacking material and tiles. The fungus has also been observed in association with many other fungi. There are two records of this fungus being isolated from nasal swabs of Equus equus. GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION: Cosmopolitan. AFRICA: Ethiopia, Ghana [as Gold Coast], Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Africa (Transvaal), Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia [as Northern Rhodesia]. NORTH AMERICA: Canada (Ontario, Saskatchewan), USA (California, Colorado, Kansas, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, South Carolina, Texas, West Virginia). CENTRAL AMERICA: Cuba, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Panama. SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina, Brazil (Pernambuco), Chile, Venezuela. ASIA: Bangladesh, China (Shaanxi, Zhejiang), Cyprus, India (Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh), Japan, Malaysia, Pakistan, Philippines, Russia (Russian Far East), Sabah, Sarawak, Sri Lanka, Taiwan. AUSTRALASIA: Australia (Queensland, Victoria), New Caledonia, New Zealand. EUROPE: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Russia, Sweden, Ukraine. TRANSMISSION: By dissemination of air-borne conidia.


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Abstract A new distribution map is provided for Ustilago shiraiana Hennings. Hosts: Phyllostachys, Sasa and other bamboos. Information is given on the geographical distribution in ASIA, China, Jiangxi (Kiangsi), Jiangsu (Kiangsu), Fujian (Fukien), Henan, Jiangxi (Kiangsi), India, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Japan, Korea, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, USSR (Iturup), NORTH AMERICA, USA, CA, Florida, Louisiana, MS, Maryland, Texas, MS, FL.


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Abstract A new distribution map is provided for C. fusiformis Loveless. Hypocreales: Clavicipitaceae. Hosts: Panicum (pearl millet), Setaria and related genera. Information is given on the geographical distribution in Asia (India, Andhra Pradesh, Delhi, Gujarat, Haryana, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, Pakistan), Africa (Botswana, Burkina Faso, Chad, Gambia, Ghana, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe), North America (Mexico).


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