Sorghum ergot - a sticky disease problem in southern Africa

Frederickson, D E (2000) Sorghum ergot - a sticky disease problem in southern Africa. International Sorghum and Millets Newsletter, 41. pp. 7-8. ISSN 1023-487X

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Abstract

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).

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Subjects: Mandate crops > Sorghum
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Date Deposited: 23 Sep 2011 09:24
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URI: http://oar.icrisat.org/id/eprint/1892
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