Database of Plant Diseases in Japan

Details of Sorghum, Great millet, Grain sorghum Ergot
Host plant
  • Sorghum, Great millet, Grain sorghum
Disease nameErgot
Disease name (Japanese)
  • 麦角病 [bakkaku-byo]
Pathogen/Cause (1)
  • Claviceps africana Frederickson, Mantle & De Milliano
Pathogen/Cause (synonym) (1)
  • Sphacelia sorghi McRae
References (1)
  • 月星隆雄ら:日植病報 58(4):543, 1992
  • 月星隆雄ら:日植病報 65(3):318, 1999
  • Tanaka, E. et al.:Stud. Mycol. 106:22, 2023
Pathogen/Cause (2)
  • Claviceps sorghicola Tsukiboshi, Shimanuki & T. Uematsu
References (2)
  • 島貫忠幸ら:日植病報 54(3):346, 1988
  • Tsukiboshi, T. et al.:Mycological Research 103(11):1403, 1999
  • Tanaka, E. et al.:Stud. Mycol. 106:32, 2023
Related strains8 strains
Related hosts35 plants
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