Phaeoisariopsis griseola. [Descriptions of Fungi and Bacteria].
Abstract A description is provided for Phaeoisariopsis griseola. Information is included on the disease caused by the organism, its transmission, geographical distribution, and hosts. HOSTS: Members of the Leguminosae including Desmodium cephalotus, D. gangeticum, D. pulchellum, Dolichos lablab, Phaseolus acutifolius, P. angularis, P. calcaratus, P. coccineus, P. lunatus, P. mungo, P. vulgaris, and also Hibiscus esculentus[Abelmoschus esculentus] (Malvaceae). DISEASE: Angular leaf spot of beans, including development of pod lesions. GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION: Africa (Angola, Congo, Ethiopia, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Malagasy Republic, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Nigeria, Reunion, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa (Natal), Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe), Asia (Bhutan, China (Xunnan, Jiangsu, Guangxi), India (Kerala, Mysore, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh), Indonesia (Irian Jaya), Iran, Israel, Japan, Korea, Laos, Malaysia (West, Sabah, Sarawak), Nepal, Philippines, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, U.S.S.R. (Caucasus, Republic of Georgia, Krasnodar)), Australasia & Oceania (Australia (NSW, Qd, Vic.), Fiji, Hawaii, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Norfolk Island, Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea), Europe (Bulgaria, Greece, Irish Republic, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Rumania, Sardinia, Spain, Switzerland, Yugoslavia), North America (Mexico, U.S.A. (Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, ME, MD, Maine, North Carolina, New Hampshire, New York, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia, Wisconsin)), Central America & West Indies (Antilles, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Haiti, Jamaica, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, Salvador, Trinidad & Tobago), South America & Southern Atlantic (Argentina, Brazil (Minas Gerais), Colombia, Paraguay, Peru, St Helena, Surinam, Venezuela). TRANSMISSION: From plant litter from previous years crop (57, 2704); Only a small number (< 2%) of seeds from a diseased crop were infected (60, 4739); Epidemiology (64, 3238). Conidia in plant debris remain viable for 8 months in the field whereas dormant mycelium in the seeds remains viable for > 1 year (60, 2314).