Cercosporella herpotrichoides Fron 1912

Details

Name scientific

Cercosporella herpotrichoides Fron, Ann. Sci. Agron. Franç. Étrangère, 4e Sér. 1 11 (1912)

Preferred name

Oculimacula yallundae (Wallwork & Spooner) Crous & W. Gams 2003

Taxonomy reference

Crous, P.W.; Groenewald, J.Z.; Gams, W. 2003: Eyespot of cerelas revisited: ITS phylogeny reveals new species relationships. European Journal of Plant Pathology 109: 841-850.

Nomenclature

Authors

Fron

Original authors

Fron

Publication place

Fron, G. 1912: Annales de la Science Agronomique Française et Étrangère 1

Year published

1912

Publication page

Nomenclatural code

ICN

Basionym

Cercosporella herpotrichoides Fron 1912

Type locality

France

Taxonomic rank

species

Canonical form

Cercosporella herpotrichoides

Classification

Kingdom

Fungi

Phylum

Ascomycota

Class

Dothideomycetes

Order

Capnodiales

Family

Mycosphaerellaceae

Genus

Cercosporella

Species

herpotrichoides

Descriptions

Dingley, J.M. 1969: Records of plant diseases in New Zealand. New Zealand Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, Bulletin. 192.

Cercosporella herpotrichoides Fron 1912

Pathogenicity

Eye spot on wheat was recorded from Taieri, Otago, in 1941-42 (Saxby, 1943) and again in 1942-43. It caused considerable crop losses. Blair (1954) noted that it occurred in Canterbury, especially on heavy soils. On heavy lands where wheat was undersown with ryegrass the incidence of this disease was lower, as ryegrass limited the amount of nitrogen available to the wheat. Blair stated that all varieties commonly grown in New Zealand were highly susceptible to the disease.