| Fungal Disease Table 4 |
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Fungi reported to cause pre- or post-emergence damping off and seedling blight of pearl millet.
Seed source | Fungal isolate | Disease symptoms | Reference |
India | Chaetomium globosum Curvularia penniseti Drechslera maydis Drechslera rostrata=(E. rostratum) Drechslera tetramera Fusarium equiseti Fusarium fusarioides | Reduced germination Reduced germination, seedling blight Reduced germination Reduced germination Reduced germination Reduced germination Reduced germination | Mathur et al. (1973) |
India (?) | Alternaria alternata Aspergillus tereus Curvularia lunata Drechslera australiensis Fusarium moniliforme Fusarium solani Rhizoctonia bataticola | Leaf spots, marginal necrosis Root and stem lesions Leaf lesions Seedling blight, leaf spots Reduced germination, seedling blight Reduced germination, seedling blight Foliar lesions | Konde et al. (1980) |
India | Drechslera setariae (=B. setariae) | Reduced germination, seedling blight | Shetty et al. (1982) |
Nigeria | Fusarium moniliforme | Reduced germination | Onesirosan (1975) |
USA | Fusarium moniliforme Helminthosporium rostratum Helminthosporium setariae | Reduced emergence Reduced emergence Reduced emergence | Wells and Winstead (1965) |
USA | Phyllosticta penicillariae | Seedling blight | Wilson and Burton (1990) |
