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Title: Peronosclerospora sorghi

Author
item Bock, Clive

Submitted to: CABI Crop Protection Compendium
Publication Type: Other
Publication Acceptance Date: 8/6/2013
Publication Date: 10/10/2013
Citation: Bock, C.H. 2013. Peronosclerospora sorghi. CABI Crop Protection Compendium. Wallingford, UK: www.cabi.org/cpc.

Interpretive Summary: Sorghum downy mildew is caused by the plant pathogenic oomycete Peronosclerospora sorghi and is a major disease of sorghum and maize in many tropical and subtropical regions of the world. Severe epidemics of sorghum downy mildew can result in complete yield loss in of both sorghum and maize. The review article in the Crop Protection Compendium describes the current status of the taxonomy, identification, distribution, risk of introduction, biology, epidemiology, management and control of P. sorghi.

Technical Abstract: Sorghum downy mildew is caused by the plant pathogenic oomycete Peronosclerospora sorghi and is a major disease of sorghum and maize in many tropical and subtropical regions of the world. Severe epidemics of sorghum downy mildew can result in complete yield loss in of both sorghum and maize. The review article in the Crop Protection Compendium describes the current status of the taxonomy, identification, distribution, risk of introduction, biology, epidemiology, management and control of P. sorghi.