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Sorghum Diseases in India

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Table 1. Cont<strong>in</strong>ued.<br />

Disease<br />

Bacterial sun spot: Pseudomonas<br />

spp<br />

Prevalence<br />

1<br />

Importance<br />

2 Distribution<br />

+ 0 Guanajuato, Morelos<br />

Rust: Pucc<strong>in</strong>ia purpurea ++ 2 Jalisco, Michoacan, Guanajuato,<br />

Tamaulipas, Nuevo Leon<br />

Smuts<br />

Head smut: Sporisorium reilianum ++ 3 Tamaulipas, Michoacan, S<strong>in</strong>aloa,<br />

Guanajuato, Nuevo Leon, Nayarit,<br />

Colima, State of Mexico<br />

Covered kernel smut: Sporisorium<br />

sorghi<br />

Loose kernel smut: Sphacelotheca<br />

cruenta<br />

Root and stalk rot<br />

Stalk rot: Fusarium moniliforme<br />

Charcoal rot: Macrophom<strong>in</strong>a<br />

phaseol<strong>in</strong>a<br />

Anthracnose stalk rot:<br />

Colletotrichum gram<strong>in</strong>icola<br />

Pokkah boeng: Fusarium mon<br />

iliforme<br />

Acremonium wilt: Acremonium<br />

striatum<br />

Panicle and seed<br />

Gra<strong>in</strong> mold: Curvulari spp<br />

Fusarium spp and Alternaria spp<br />

+ 0 S<strong>in</strong>aloa, Coahuila, Guanajuato,<br />

Tamaulipas, Jalisco, Morelos<br />

+<br />

+++<br />

0<br />

3<br />

S<strong>in</strong>aloa, Guanajuato, Jalisco, Michoacan,<br />

Tamaulipas, Morelos<br />

Guanajuato, Jalisco, Michoacan,<br />

Nayarit, Nuevo Leon, Colima<br />

++ 3 Tamaulipas, Michoacan, Nuevo Leon,<br />

Colima, Veracruz, Jalisco, Guanajuato<br />

+ 2 Tamaulipas, Nayarit, Nuevo Leon,<br />

Veracruz, Guanajuato, Michoacan<br />

+ 1 Jalisco, Guanajuato, Tamaulipas,<br />

Michoacan<br />

+ 0 Guanajuato, Tamaulipas, Morelos<br />

++ 2 Tamaulipas, Nayarit, Veracruz, Colima,<br />

Michoacan, Guanajuato<br />

Head blight: Fusarium moniliforme +++ 3 Guanajuato, Michoacan, Tamaulipas,<br />

Nuevo Leon<br />

Fungi storage: Aspergillus spp,<br />

Penicillum spp, Phoma spp,<br />

Alternaria spp, Curvularia spp,<br />

and Botrytis spp<br />

+ 1 Jalisco, Tamaulipas, Guanajuato,<br />

Michoacan<br />

Abiotic<br />

Chlorosis (Iron deficiency) ++ 2 Guanajuato, Michoacan, Tamaulipas,<br />

Nuevo Leon<br />

Pesticide <strong>in</strong>jury + 1 Guanajuato, Michoacan, Tamaulipas,<br />

Jalisco<br />

Salt damage + 1 Tamaulipas<br />

Mycoplasm<br />

Yellow sorghum stunt + 1 Guanajuato, Veracruz, Morelos<br />

1. + = occasionally present, ++ = commonly present, and +++ = generally found on most plants <strong>in</strong> most fields.<br />

2. 0 = caus<strong>in</strong>g no loss, 1 = m<strong>in</strong>or importance, 2 = moderate importance, and 3 = a major deterrent at times to crop<br />

production.<br />

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