%0 Journal Article
%A Rao, V P
%A Raj, A G B
%A Russom, N A
%A Preston, S R
%D 2002
%F icrisat:1638
%J International Sorghum and Millets Newsletter
%P 92-93
%T Long smut in pearl millet - a new record from Eritrea
%U http://oar.icrisat.org/1638/
%V 43
%X Long smut (Tolyposporium ehrenbergii) was observed on pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum) panicles during the rainy season in the Anseba zone, Eritrea in 2000. The sorus was 3-4 times larger than a normal grain of pearl millet and was cylindrical, sometimes with a slight curve in the middle or at the tip, and contained a black mass of spores covered by a whitish to dull yellow, fairly thick membrane. This is believed to be the first documented record of this fungus on pearl millet.