Sclerophthora macrospora

TaxID: 467176

Basic Information

Sclerophthora macrospora

Green Ear

Sclerophthora macrospora is a protist plant pathogen of the class Oomycota. It causes downy mildew on a vast number of cereal crops including oats, rice, maize, and wheat as well as varieties of turf grass. The common names of the diseases associated with Sclerophthora macrospora include "crazy top disease" on maize and yellow tuft disease on turf grass. The disease is present all over the world, but it is especially persistent in Europe.

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Taxonomic Information

Eukaryota

Oomycota

Peronosporomycetes

Peronosporales

Peronosporaceae

Sclerophthora

macrospora

Undefined

Photos (5 photos)

Sclerophthora macrospora
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(c) Vladimir Bryukhov@BY-NC
Sclerophthora macrospora
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(c) Vladimir Bryukhov@BY-NC
Sclerophthora macrospora
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(c) Vladimir Bryukhov@BY-NC
Sclerophthora macrospora
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(c) Vladimir Bryukhov@BY-NC
Sclerophthora macrospora
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(c) Vladimir Bryukhov@BY-NC

Morphological Features

No morphological description available.

Host Plants (3 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

Scientific Name Status
Oryza sativa Host
Triticum Host
Zea mays Host

Quarantine Status (20 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

Country Status Year Added
Burkina Faso Absent —
Bahrain Quarantine pests 2003
Cuba Present —
Ecuador Quarantine pests —
Egypt Abesent 2018
Ghana Quarantine pests —
Guinea Quarantine pests —
Guatemala Absent —
Sri Lanka Quarantine pests —
Morocco Quarantine pest 2018
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Distribution (31 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

31
Present
0
Absent
0
Unknown/Other
Country Status State
Australia Present
Austria Present —
Belgium Present —
Bulgaria Present —
Canada Present —
China Present
Cuba Present —
Germany Present —
Denmark Present —
Ethiopia Present —
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Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)

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Genomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No genome records available.

Transcriptomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No transcriptome records available.

DNA Barcodes (0 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

No DNA barcode records available.

Literature