Colletotrichum_falcatum

<i>Glomerella tucumanensis</i>

Glomerella tucumanensis

Species of fungus


Glomerella tucumanensis is a species of fungus in the family Glomerellaceae. It is a pathogen of sugarcane responsible for the disease known as red rot of sugarcane, this disease impacts sugarcane production in South and South-East Asia and has spread to 69 countries. It has been responsible for the elimination of many commercial varieties of sugarcane.[3][4]

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Taxonomy

Glomerella tucumanensis was first described by Frits Went as Colletotrichum falcatum belonging to the family Melanconiaceae as a fungi imperfecti. This classification remained undisputed till 1943, when Carvajal and Edgerton found the conidial state of the fungi to be identical to Physalospora tucumanensis which was described by Spegazzini in 1896, putting it the family Pleosporaceae, thereby placing it under Ascomycota. In 1954, von Arx and Muller transferred the fungi to the genus Glomerella, where it remains today.[5][6]


References

  1. von Arx JA, Müller E. (1954). "Die Gattungen der amerosporen Pyrenomyceten". Beiträge zur Kryptogamenflora der Schweiz (in German). 11 (1): 1–434 (see p. 195).
  2. "Glomerella tucumanensis (Speg.) Arx & E. Müll". Species Fungorum. CAB International. Retrieved 2014-01-19.
  3. Viswanathan, R.; Rao, Govind P.; Solomon, S. (2021-12-01). "Measures to Minimize the Growing Menace of Red Rot of Sugarcane in Subtropical India". Sugar Tech. 23 (6): 1207–1210. doi:10.1007/s12355-021-01013-2. ISSN 0974-0740. S2CID 237906868.
  4. Hossain, Md Imam; Ahmad, Khairulmazmi; Siddiqui, Yasmeen; Saad, Norsazilawati; Rahman, Ziaur; Haruna, Ahmed Osumanu; Bejo, Siti Khairunniza (2020). "Current and Prospective Strategies on Detecting and Managing Colletotrichumfalcatum Causing Red Rot of Sugarcane". Agronomy. 10 (9) (published 26 August 2020): 1253. doi:10.3390/agronomy10091253. ISSN 2073-4395.
  5. Mian, Abdul Latif (1969). "On Red Rot of Sugarcane". PANS Pest Articles & News Summaries. 15 (4) (published 4 December 1969): 482–490. doi:10.1080/04345546909415315. ISSN 0030-7793.



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