Tolyposporium penicillariae, the causal agent of pearl millet smut

Rao, K V S and Thakur, R P (1983) Tolyposporium penicillariae, the causal agent of pearl millet smut. Transactions of the British Mycological Society, 81 (3). pp. 597-603.

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Abstract

Sporeballs of the pathogen of Pennisetum americanum varied from circular to near-polyhedral (42-325 × 50-175 µm) and contained 200-1400 teliospores. Teliospores were mostly circular, 7-12 µm diam. Max. germination of aggregated teliospores occurred at 30°C and different germination patterns were observed. Cultural characters on different media varied. The fungus grew well within 3-5 days on potato or carrot agar at 35°. Growth remained purely sporidial even after repeated subculturing. Sporidia were borne on promycelia, laterally and/or terminally and reproduced by budding. Sporidia were spindle-shaped, 8-25 µm long. Individual separated teliospores seldom germinated. The use of sporidial inoculum in screening for smut resistance in P. americanum is discussed

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Subjects:	Mandate crops > Millets
Depositing User:	Ms K Syamalamba
Date Deposited:	31 Oct 2011 06:19
Last Modified:	31 Oct 2011 06:19
URI:	http://oar.icrisat.org/id/eprint/3444
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Acknowledgement:	The authors gratefully acknowledge Dr R J Williams, Principal Millet Pathologist, ICRISAT, for his continuing encouragement, inspiration and comments and suggestions on the manuscript
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