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Stalk rot Last season stalk rot symptoms were<br />

observed <strong>in</strong> sorghum crops located <strong>in</strong> Cordoba<br />

Prov<strong>in</strong>ce. Plants were mature. The stalk pith was<br />

rotten <strong>in</strong> appearance and gave off a slightly<br />

sweet odor. Isolations of affected tissue <strong>in</strong> KB<br />

medium yielded white fluorescent and nonfluorescent<br />

bacterial colonies.<br />

Conclusion<br />

Gra<strong>in</strong> mold, stalk rot, head blight, sorghum<br />

downy mildew, and virus diseases (particularly<br />

the mosaic group), are major diseases <strong>in</strong> the<br />

South American countries discussed. Bacterial<br />

diseases <strong>in</strong> Argent<strong>in</strong>a represent a potentially<br />

dangerous problem that needs to be <strong>in</strong>vestigated<br />

more carefully. Our recommendation is to<br />

search for resistance-screen<strong>in</strong>g procedures and<br />

then eventual selection for genetic control.<br />

References<br />

Avezdzhanova, G.P., and Sidorova, V.K. 1978.<br />

Comparative pathogenicity of stra<strong>in</strong>s of the<br />

pathogens of bacterial leaf spot and bacterial<br />

streak of millet crops. Byulleten' Usesoyuznogo<br />

Nauchno Issledovatel's Kogo. Institute Zashchity<br />

Rastenil (1978) No 43.<br />

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Castor, L.L. 1981. Gra<strong>in</strong> mold histopathology<br />

damage assessment, and resistance screen<strong>in</strong>g<br />

with<strong>in</strong> <strong>Sorghum</strong> bicolor (L.) Moench l<strong>in</strong>es. Ph.D.<br />

Dissertation, Texas A&M University College<br />

Station, TX, USA. 170 pp.<br />

Craig, J., and Frederiksen, R.A. 1980. Pathotypes<br />

of Peronosclerospora sorghi. Plant Disease<br />

64:778-779.<br />

Gaudet, P.A., and Kokko, E.G. 1986. Seedl<strong>in</strong>g<br />

disease of sorghum grown <strong>in</strong> southern Alberta<br />

caused by seedborne Pseudomonas syr<strong>in</strong>gae pv<br />

syr<strong>in</strong>gae. Canadian Journal of Plant Pathology<br />

8:208-217.<br />

Glueck, J.A., Rooney, L.W., Rosenow, D.T., and<br />

Miller, F.R. 1977. Physical and structural properties<br />

of field-deteriorated (weathered) sorghum<br />

gra<strong>in</strong>s. In Weathered <strong>Sorghum</strong> Gra<strong>in</strong>. Texas Agricultural<br />

Experiment Station MP-1375 College<br />

Station, TX, USA: Texas Agricultural Experiment<br />

Station. 93 pp.<br />

Pawar, M.N., Frederiksen, R.A., Mughogho,<br />

L.K., Craig, J., Rosenow, D.T., and Bonde, M.R.<br />

1985. Survey of virulence <strong>in</strong> Peronosclerospora sorghi<br />

isolates from <strong>India</strong>, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Texas<br />

(USA), Honduras, Brazil, and Argent<strong>in</strong>a. Phytopathology<br />

75:1374. (Abstract).

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