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Occurrence of Puccinia sorghi on maize in Northern Ireland
Author(s) -
Mercer P.,
Gilliland T.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
eppo bulletin
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.327
H-Index - 36
eISSN - 1365-2338
pISSN - 0250-8052
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2338.1999.tb00818.x
Subject(s) - puccinia , spore , biology , rust (programming language) , agronomy , smut , botany , computer science , mildew , programming language
Maize rust, Puccinia sorghi was reported from Ireland for the first time in 1998. It seems likely that the inoculum source was wind‐borne spores, as there does not appear to be a common alternative host, and the disease did not recur in 1999.