%A D E Frederickson
%I International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
%V 41
%L icrisat1892
%J International Sorghum and Millets Newsletter
%P 7-8
%D 2000
%T Sorghum ergot - a sticky disease problem in southern Africa
%X Ergot disease of sorghum is not new to Africa - the causal
pathogen, Claviceps africana Frederickson, Mantle, and de Milliano was first recorded in Kenya as far back as 1923. However, ergot disease only began to gain recognition as a potential problem in sorghum production in the 1960s, when all the A-lines in Nigeria's national breeding program became infected, to the near complete exclusion of seed production (Futrell and Webster 1965).