Database of Plant Diseases in Japan

Details of Orchardgrass, Cocksfoot Bacterial head blight, Rathays' disease
Host plant
  • Orchardgrass, Cocksfoot
Disease nameBacterial head blight, Rathays' disease
Disease name (Japanese)
  • 黄色ゴム病 [kiiro-gomu-byo]
Pathogen/Cause
  • Rathayibacter rathayi (Smith 1913) Zgurskaya, Evtushenko, Akimov & Kalakoutskii 1993
Pathogen/Cause (synonym)
  • Clavibacter rathayi (Smith 1913) Davis, Gillaspie, Vidaver & Harris 1984
  • Corynebacterium rathayi (Smith) Dowson
References
  • 富永時任:植物防疫 17(10):413, 1963
  • 富永時任:農技研報C 25:263, 1971
Related strains2 strains
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