relation: http://oar.icrisat.org/3444/
title: Tolyposporium penicillariae, the causal agent of pearl millet smut
creator: Rao, K V S
creator: Thakur, R P
subject: Millets
description: 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
date: 1983
type: Article
type: PeerReviewed
format: application/pdf
language: en
identifier: http://oar.icrisat.org/3444/1/TransactionsoftheBritishMycologicalSociety_81_3_597-603_1983.pdf
identifier:   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.