Open AccessUstilago trichophora (H.F. Link) F. Körnicke, a fungus newly found in Poland
Author(s) -
Tadeusz Madej,
Janusz Błaszkowski,
Mariusz Tadych
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
acta societatis botanicorum poloniae
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.297
H-Index - 29
eISSN - 2083-9480
pISSN - 0001-6977
DOI - 10.5586/asbp.2001.007
Subject(s) - ustilago , smut , biology , seedling , agar , potato dextrose agar , fungus , botany , horticulture , bacteria , biochemistry , genetics , gene
Ustilago trichophora, a smut fungus found for the first time in Poland, is characterized and illustrated. Ustilago trichophora affected Echinochloa crus-galli growing in the Lower Silesia voivodeship. In laboratory investigations, the germinability of teliospores, the morphological properties of promycelium, sporidia and colonies produced on potato dextrose agar, Sabouraud-glucose agar, and in water were determined. Attempts to infect seeds and seedling of E. crus-galli in a greenhouse pot experiment failed