Ramularia armoraciae. [Descriptions of Fungi and Bacteria].

Author(s):  
J. C. David

Abstract A description is provided for Ramularia armoraciae. Information is included on the disease caused by the organism, its transmission, geographical distribution, and hosts. DISEASE: Pale leaf spot of horseradish (Armoracia rusticana). HOSTS: Alliaria petiolata, Arabis sp., Armoracia rusticana (= A. lapathifolia; Cochlearia armoracia[Armoracia rusticana]; Nasturtium armoracia; Rorippa armoracia), Barbarea orthoceras, B. praecox, B. vulgaris, Brassica vulgaris, B. stricta, B. elongata, B. nigra, B. rapa, Bunias orientalis, Capsella bursa-pastoris, Cochlearia officinalis, Farsetia sp., Hesperis matronalis, H. sibirica, H. tristis, Raphanus raphanistrum, Rorippa palustris, Thlaspi sp. (Brassicaceae). GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION: AFRICA: Kenya. NORTH AMERICA: Canada (Alberta, British Colombia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Saskatchewan), USA (Alaska, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Massachusetts, Maine, Michigan, Missouri, Mississippi, Montana, North Dakota, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah, Washington, Wisconsin, Wyoming). ASIA: Afghanistan, Armenia, Republic of Georgia, India (Jammu & Kashmir), Japan (www.nt.ars-grin.gov/fungaldatabases), Kabardino-Balkaria, Kazakhstan, Kirghizia, Russia (Far East; Siberia), South Korea (SHIN & BRAUN, 1996), Turkey [= Asia Minor]. EUROPE: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Great Britain, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovak Republic (www.nt.ars-grin.gov/fungaldatabases), Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, Yugoslavia. TRANSMISSION: By wind and rain-splash dispersal of conidia. The fungus overwinters as sclerotia in the dead leaves or in leaf material that falls from the leaves resulting in shot-holes. The sclerotia produce new conidiophores and conidia in the spring (CHUPP & SHERF, 1960; DRING, 1961).

Author(s):  
Chi-yu Chen

Abstract A description is provided for Leptosphaeria doliolum. Information is included on the disease caused by the organism, its transmission, geographical distribution, and hosts. DISEASE: Although the fungus appears on dry stems of its hosts, which are mainly herbaceous, it is not known to cause any pathological symptoms. HOSTS: Plurivorous; recorded hosts include: Achillea, Ambrosia, Anaphalis, Angelica, Apocynum, Aralia, Arctium, Asclepias, Asparagus, Aster, Bauhinia, Brassica, Clematis, Cirsium, Curcuma, Daucus, Erigeron, Eupatorium, Ficus, Foeniculum, Helianthus, Heracleum, Hieracium, Lactuca, Lathyrus, Lavandula, Pastinaca, Phytolacca, Poa, Polymnia, Potentilla, Rubus, Salvia, Senecio, Smilax, Solanum, Solidago, Sonchus, Spiraea, Thymus, Urtica and Vernonia. GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION: AFRICA: Sierra Leone. NORTH AMERICA: Canada (Alberta, British Colombia, Manitoba, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Quebec), USA (Illinois, Michigan, Missouri, New York, North Dakota, Tennessee, Washington). ASIA: Armenia, Bhutan, Brunei, China (Hunan, Yunnan), India, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Pakistan, Russia (Far East, Siberia), Taiwan (CHEN & HSIEH, 1994), Uzbekistan. AUSTRALASIA: Australia. EUROPE: Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark (Faeroe Islands), Estonia, France, Finland, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Italy, Latvia, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Russia (European), Spain, Sweden, Switzerland. TRANSMISSION: Conidia and ascospores are dispersed by wind and rain-splash; the fungus presumably overwinters on dead host tissue and the ascospores are dispersed in the next favourable season.


Author(s):  
Chi-yu Chen

Abstract A description is provided for Leptosphaeria purpurea. Information is included on the disease caused by the organism, its transmission, geographical distribution, and hosts. DISEASE: Although the fungus appears on dry stems of its hosts, which are mainly herbaceous, it is not known to cause any pathological symptoms. HOSTS: Artemisia, Betonica, Carduus, Cirsium, Cnicus, Clinopodium, Helianthus, Satureja and Senecio. GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION: NORTH AMERICA: Canada (Quebec, Ontario), USA (New York). ASIA: Pakistan. EUROPE: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Slovak Republic, Sweden. TRANSMISSION: Conidia and ascospores are dispersed by wind and rain-splash; the fungus presumably overwinters on dead host tissue and the ascospores are dispersed in the next favourable season.


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Abstract A new distribution map is provided for Drosophila suzukii (Matsumura). Diptera: Drosophilidae. Hosts: polyphagous. Information is given on the geographical distribution in Europe (Austria, Belgium, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Corsica, Mainland France, Germany, Greece, Crete, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Mainland Italy, Sardinia, Sicily, Montenegro, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Madeira, Mainland Portugal, Romania, Russia, Far East, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Mainland Spain, Switzerland, UK, England and Wales), Asia (China, Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Heilongjiang, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Jilin, Liaoning, Shandong, Shanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, Zheijiang, India, Chandigarh, Jammu and Kashmir, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh, Japan, Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu, Ryukyu Archipelago, Korea Democratic People's Republic, Korea Republic, Myanmar, Pakistan, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey), Africa (Reunion), North America (Canada, Alberta, British Colombia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Mexico, USA, Alabama, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming), South America (Brazil, Parana, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, Sao Paulo).


Author(s):  
M. A. Spencer

Abstract A description is provided for Pythium sylvaticum. Information is included on the disease caused by the organism, its transmission, geographical distribution, and hosts. DISEASES: Seedling damping-off. HOSTS: Apium graveolens, Daucus carota (Apiaceae); Dieffenbachia sp. (Araceae); Lactuca sativa (Asteraceae); Brassica campestris subsp. pekinensis, B. oleracea (Brassicaceae); Beta vulgaris, Spinacea oleracea (Chenopodiaceae); Cucumis sativus (Cucurbitaceae); Chamaecyparis sp., Juniperus conferta (Cupressaceae); Dioscorea batatas (Dioscoreaceae); Rhododendron sp. (Ericaceae); Glycine max, Lens culinaris, Medicago sativa, Phaseolus vulgaris, Pisum sativum (Fabaceae); Pelargonium cv. (Geraniaceae); Allium cepa, Tulipa cv. (Liliaceae s.l.) Abies sp., Pinus thunbergii (Pinaceae); Hordeum vulgare, Triticum aestivum (Poaceae); Fragaria × ananassa, Malus domestica, Sorbus aria (Rosaceae); Capsicum annuum (Solanaceae); Valerianella locusta (Valerianaceae). GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION: AFRICA: Kenya, South Africa. NORTH AMERICA: Canada (British Colombia), USA (Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, New York, Tennessee, Washington, Wisconsin). CENTRAL AMERICA: Costa Rica. ASIA: Japan. AUSTRALASIA: New Zealand. EUROPE: Bulgaria, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Great Britain, Ireland, Netherlands, Slovak Republic, Spain, Sweden. TRANSMISSION: Contaminated soil, organic matter (oospores) and water (sporangia).


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Abstract A new distribution map is provided for Erwinia amylovora (Burrill) Winslow. Gammaproteobacteria: Enterobacteriales: Enterobacteriaceae. Hosts: apple (Malus domestica), pear (Pyrus spp.) and some other species of Rosaceae. Information is given on the geographical distribution in Europe (Albania, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia-Hercegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, mainland France, Germany, Greece, Crete, Hungary, Irish Republic, Italy, mainland Italy, Sicily, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russia, Central Russia, Russian Far East, Southern Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, mainland Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK, England, Wales, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Ukraine), Asia (Armenia, Iran, Israel, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Korea Republic, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Syria and Turkey), Africa (Algeria, Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia), North America (Canada, Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince edward Island, Quebec, Saskatchewan, Mexico, USA, Alabama, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin and Wyoming), Central America and Caribbean (Bermuda and Guatemala) and Oceania (Australia, Victoria and New Zealand).


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 Ditylenchus dipsaci (Kühn) Filipjev Nematoda: Tylenchida: Anguinidae Hosts: Many crop and ornamental plants. Information is given on the geographical distribution in EUROPE, Albania, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Mainland France, Germany, Greece, Mainland Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Mainland Italy, Sicily, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Azores, Mainland Portugal, Romania, Central Russia Russian Far East, Southern Russia, Western Siberia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Mainland Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK, England and Wales, Scotland, Ukraine, Yugoslavia (Fed. Rep.), ASIA, Armenia, Azerbaijan, China, Gansu, Hebei, Henan, Shandong, Sichuan, Xinjiang, Cyprus, Republic of Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Honshu, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Korea Republic, Kyrgyzstan, Oman, Pakistan, Syria, Taiwan, Turkey, Uzbekistan, Yemen, AFRICA, Algeria, Kenya, Morocco, Reunion, South Africa, Tunisia, NORTH AMERICA, Canada, Alberta, British Columbia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Saskatchewan, Mexico, USA, Alabama, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Michigan, Montana, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Virginia, Washington, Wyoming, CENTRAL AMERICA & CARIBBEAN, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Haiti, SOUTH AMERICA, Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Minas Gerais, Paraiba, Parana, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, Sao Paulo, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela, OCEANIA, Australia, New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia, New Zealand.


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Abstract A new distribution map is provided for Potato spindle tuber viroid. Pospiviroidae: Pospiviroid. Hosts: avocado (Persea americana), tomato (Solanum lycopersicum), potato (S. tuberosum) and other Solanum species. information is given on the geographical distribution in Europe (Austria; Belarus; Belgium; Bulgaria; Croatia; Czech Republic; Finland; France; Germany; Crete, Greece; Ireland; Mainland Italy; Netherlands; Central, Far East, Northern and Southern Russia; Slovenia; Spain; Switzerland; England and Wales, UK; and Ukraine), Asia (Afghanistan; Azerbaijan; Bangladesh; Hebei, Heilongjiang, Jiangsu and Qinghai, China; Georgia; Himachal Pradesh and Maharashtra, India; Iran; Israel; Japan; and Turkey), Africa (Egypt and Nigeria), North America (Alberta, British Columbia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island, Canada; Mexico; and Alaska, California, Colorado, Idaho, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New York, North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, Washington, Wisconsin and Wyoming), Central America and Caribbean (Costa Rica), South America (Argentina, Chile, Peru and Venezuela) and Oceania (New Zealand, and New South Wales, Northern Territory, South Australia, Western Australia and Victoria, Australia).


Author(s):  
J. E. M. Mordue

Abstract A description is provided for Ustilago syntherismae. Information is included on the disease caused by the organism, its transmission, geographical distribution, and hosts. HOSTS: Digitaria spp., including D. filiformis, D. ischaemum, D. sanguinalis. DISEASE: Loose smut of Digitaria. Infection sometimes dwarfs the host and causes it to branch more profusely than usual (36, 657); it is also reported that vegetative vigour is much prolonged in infected plants compared with uninfected (30, 432). Surface contamination by the large number of ustilospores when shed may result in some discolouration of the entire inflorescence including sheaths and leaf blades. GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION: Africa: 'Congo', Gambia, Kenya, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe; Asia: Azerbaijan, China, Republic of Georgia, India, Japan, Pakistan, Russia (central Asia, far east); Australasia: Australia: NSW (31, 225); Europe: Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Denmark (39, 284), Germany, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia (European region), Ukraine (52, 354); North America: Canada (Ontario; 46, 3383), Mexico, USA (Alabama, Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Washington DC, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, IA, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, MD, ME, Michigan, Montana, Missouri, MS, North Carolina, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia; 69, 2765); South America: Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay. (33, 634; 40, 209; 48, 2203; 50, 2756; 64, 4163). TRANSMISSION: No detailed studies have been reported; ustilospores are presumably disseminated by air currents and infection is thought to be systemic.


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Abstract A new distribution map is provided for Acrolepiopsis assectella Zeller. Lepidoptera: Plutellidae. Hosts: Allium spp. Information is given on the geographical distribution in Europe (Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Corsica, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Moldova, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Central Russia, Eastern Siberia, Far East, Northern Russia, Western Siberia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Mainland Spain, Balearic Islands, Canary Islands, Mainland Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK, Channel Islands, England Wales, Ukraine), Asia (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Republic of Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia), Africa (Algeria), North America (Canada, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, USA, New York, Vermont).


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