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Tolyposporium penicillariae, the causal agent of pearl millet smut

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Title Tolyposporium penicillariae, the causal agent of pearl millet smut
 
Creator Rao, K V S
Thakur, R P
 
Subject Millets
 
Description Sporeballs of the pathogen of Pennisetum americanum varied from circular to near-polyhedral (42-325 × 50-175 µm) and contained 200-1400 teliospores. Teliospores were mostly circular, 7-12 µm diam. Max. germination of aggregated teliospores occurred at 30°C and different germination patterns were observed. Cultural characters on different media varied. The fungus grew well within 3-5 days on potato or carrot agar at 35°. Growth remained purely sporidial even after repeated subculturing. Sporidia were borne on promycelia, laterally and/or terminally and reproduced by budding. Sporidia were spindle-shaped, 8-25 µm long. Individual separated teliospores seldom germinated. The use of sporidial inoculum in screening for smut resistance in P. americanum is discussed
 
Date 1983
 
Type Article
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Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
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Identifier http://oar.icrisat.org/3444/1/TransactionsoftheBritishMycologicalSociety_81_3_597-603_1983.pdf
Rao, K V S and Thakur, R P (1983) Tolyposporium penicillariae, the causal agent of pearl millet smut. Transactions of the British Mycological Society, 81 (3). pp. 597-603.