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Department of Biological Sciences, University of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe
Author(s) -
Frederickson D. E.,
Monyo E. S.,
King S. B.,
Odvody G. N.,
Claflin L. E.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
journal of phytopathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.53
H-Index - 60
eISSN - 1439-0434
pISSN - 0931-1785
DOI - 10.1046/j.1439-0434.1999.00446.x
Subject(s) - biology , pearl , pseudomonas syringae , bipolaris , inoculation , bacteria , blight , pseudomonas , microbiology and biotechnology , veterinary medicine , botany , horticulture , pathogen , geography , medicine , genetics , archaeology
The etiology of a leafspot disease of pearl millet in Zimbabwe was investigated using Koch’s postulates. Bipolaris sp., Exserohilum sp., and bacteria, were isolated from lesions but only bacterial isolates produced the original symptoms following inoculation of a susceptible pearl millet line, 852B. Biochemical and physiological tests, including LOPAT, indicated the bacterium was the fluorescent pseudomonad, Pseudomonas syringae . This represents the first report of P. syringae on pearl millet in Africa.