Open AccessFirst report of loose kernel smut of sorghum caused by Sporisorium cruentum in Egypt
Author(s) -
Moharam M.H.A.
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
new disease reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.184
H-Index - 4
ISSN - 2044-0588
DOI - 10.5197/j.2044-0588.2018.037.009
Subject(s) - smut , biology , panicle , sorghum , botany , germination , spore , horticulture , agronomy
In 2017, sorghum plants (Sorghum bicolor cv. Dorado) cultivated in several areas in Upper Egypt (Qena governorate), exhibited symptoms of loose kernel smut disease (Fig. 1). In the field, plants affected by loose kernel smut were initially …