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Table 1. <strong>Diseases</strong> and pathogens identified on <strong>Sorghum</strong> bicolor <strong>in</strong> central and southern Honduras,<br />

1983 and 1984 cropp<strong>in</strong>g seasons.<br />

Disease Pathogen Region 1<br />

Acremonium wilt Acremonium striatum C,XCM,EP,FM<br />

Gray leaf spot Cercospora sorghi C,Y,CM,EP,FM<br />

Ladder spot Cercospora fusimaculans C,CM,FM<br />

Anthracnose Colletotrichum gram<strong>in</strong>icola C,Y,EP<br />

Gra<strong>in</strong> mold Curvularia lunata and<br />

Fusarium moniliforme<br />

C,Y,CM,EP,FM<br />

Leaf Wight Exserohilum turcicum C,Y,CM,EP,FM<br />

Head blight, Pokkah -boeng,<br />

and stem rot<br />

Fusarium moniliforme CEP<br />

Zonate leaf spot Gloeocercospora sorghi C,CM,EP<br />

Charcoal rot Macrophom<strong>in</strong>a phaseol<strong>in</strong>a C<br />

<strong>Sorghum</strong> downy mildew Peronosclerospora sorghi CM,EP<br />

Bacterial Stripe Pseudomonas andropogoni C<br />

Rust Pucc<strong>in</strong>ia purpurea C,Y,CM,EP,FM<br />

Oval leaf spot Ramulispora sorghicola C,Y,CM<br />

Sheath blight Sclerotium rolfsii C<br />

Covered smut Sporisorium sorghi C<br />

Loose smut Sphacelotheca cruenta C,Y,EP<br />

MCDV Maize chlorotic dwarf virus EP<br />

MDMY Maize dwarf mosaic virus C,Y,CM,EP,FM<br />

SCMY Sugarcane mosaic virus C,Y,CM,EP,FM<br />

1. C = Choluteca, Y = Yalle, CM = Comayagua, EP = El Paraiso, and FM = Francisco Morazan, geographic<br />

departments of the Honduras.<br />

each of these pathogens <strong>in</strong>cludes maize, sorghum,<br />

and sugarcane. All of these crops are<br />

commonly grown throughout the country.<br />

In Texas, Natural et al. (1982), us<strong>in</strong>g pairedplant<br />

comparisons, found that AW caused a 50%<br />

yield reduction on a hybrid sorghum (ATx 623 x<br />

77 CS 1). Frederiksen (1984) reported naturallyoccurr<strong>in</strong>g<br />

AW <strong>in</strong>cidence on a number of experimental<br />

sorghum l<strong>in</strong>es at Choluteca <strong>in</strong> 1982, rang<strong>in</strong>g<br />

from 0 to 100%, Traditional landraces show<br />

symptoms of this disease, such as vascular discoloration<br />

and death of sheath and leaf tissue,<br />

but they do not generally appear as severe as on<br />

certa<strong>in</strong> susceptible Texas cultivars. Alexander et<br />

al. (1984, 1985) reported yield loss caused by<br />

MDM on susceptible cultivars <strong>in</strong> Texas. Both<br />

AW and MDM are diseases which lend themselves<br />

well to paired-plant comparisons, due to<br />

their systemic nature.<br />

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Materials and methods<br />

<strong>Sorghum</strong> plants naturally affected by AW were<br />

identified and tagged early <strong>in</strong> the grow<strong>in</strong>g season<br />

(Oct 1983). Healthy plants adjacent to diseased<br />

ones were also tagged form<strong>in</strong>g 100 pairs<br />

each <strong>in</strong> cultivar BTx 623 and <strong>in</strong> landrace, or<br />

'maicillo,' plants.<br />

In the same fashion, maicillo plants with<br />

MDM were paired with healthy plants and<br />

tagged <strong>in</strong> Oct 1983, 30 days after sow<strong>in</strong>g. These<br />

experiments took place at La Lujosa Experiment<br />

Station <strong>in</strong> Choluteca.<br />

The fungus Acremonium strictum W. Gams<br />

was isolated from wilted plants. All diseased<br />

and healthy plants were grow<strong>in</strong>g, and the identity<br />

of MDMV was verified by serological<br />

methods <strong>in</strong> various seed-production or yield<br />

trials.

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