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Sorghum Diseases in India

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Table 1. Comparison of sorghum smuts.<br />

Disease Pathogen Method of <strong>in</strong>fection Control method<br />

Head smut Sporisorium reilianum Seedl<strong>in</strong>g, from<br />

soilborne teliospores<br />

Covered kernel smut Sporisorium sorghi Seedl<strong>in</strong>g, from<br />

seedborne teliospore<br />

Loose kernel smut Sphacelotheca cruenta Seedl<strong>in</strong>g, from<br />

seedborne<br />

teliospore or shoot<br />

<strong>in</strong>fection from airborne<br />

Teliospores<br />

Long smut Tolyposporium<br />

ehrenbergii<br />

246<br />

10 µm<br />

At boot stage, smut mycelia<br />

actively colonize develop<strong>in</strong>g<br />

<strong>in</strong>florescence<br />

Host resistance<br />

Fungicide, seed<br />

treatment<br />

Fungicide, seed<br />

treatment<br />

Local, floral <strong>in</strong>fect<strong>in</strong>g Host resistance (?)<br />

Teliospores are<br />

liberated from sorus<br />

and fall on the soil<br />

Mycelia colonize<br />

tissue of the apical<br />

meristem<br />

Figure 1 Life cycle of Sporisorium reilianum, causal agent of head smut<br />

II<br />

Smut spores<br />

Soilborne spores<br />

germ<strong>in</strong>ate to <strong>in</strong>fect<br />

emerg<strong>in</strong>g seedl<strong>in</strong>gs<br />

Soil l<strong>in</strong>e<br />

<strong>Sorghum</strong> seed

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