Burkholderia gladioli pv. alliicola. [Descriptions of Fungi and Bacteria].
Abstract A description is provided for Burkholderia gladioli pv. alliicola. Information is included on the disease caused by the organism, its transmission, geographical distribution, and hosts. HOSTS: Allium cepa, Tulipa spp. (72, 7970). DISEASE: Mainly a storage rot of onion, usually of the inner scales of the bulbs. The outsides may appear healthy at first, but later the whole bulb may soften and large numbers of bacteria are then to be seen. Dry necrotic spots of leaves may also occur (55, 5445). GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION: Egypt, India (UP), Indonesia, Japan, Thailand, Australia, New Zealand, Bulgaria, England, Hungary, Spain, USSR, USA (IA, Maine, New York, Washington and possibly Idaho, Indiana, MD, Ohio). TRANSMISSION: Soil borne, has been isolated from rice seed, although the significance of this finding is unclear (72, 6712).