Puccinia melanocephala
TaxID: 133751
Basic Information
Puccinia melanocephala
Common Rust of Sugarcane
Puccinia melanocephala is a fungus and plant pathogen, it is the causal agent of sugarcane rust. It was originally found on the leaves of a species of Arundinaria (cane) in Assam, India. This pathogen was found to also affect multiple species of sugarcane, including Saccharum spontaneum or wild sugarcane, Saccharum robustum, and the most commonly cultivated species Saccharum officinarum. Puccinia melanocephala can also infect other member of the family Poaceae, including some species of bamboo such as Bambusa vulgaris. The first symptoms of sugarcane rust are elongate, yellow-colored leaf spots, roughly 1mm to 4mm in length. The leaf spots gradually become bigger and turn a reddish-brown color. The uredia develop underneath the epidermis where the leaf spots are present. When the uredia become big enough, they break through the epidermis to form the characteristic rust pustules from which uredospores are borne. These pustules can coalesce, resulting in large areas of dead tissue.
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Taxonomic Information
Eukaryota
Basidiomycota
Pucciniomycetes
Pucciniales
Pucciniaceae
Puccinia
melanocephala
Undefined
Species
nan
d__Eukaryota;p__Basidiomycota;c__Pucciniomycetes;o__Pucciniales;f__Pucciniaceae;g__Puccinia;s__Puccinia melanocephala
nan
Fungal organisms
Photos (2 photos)
Morphological Features
No morphological description available.
Host Plants (1 host plants)
Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.
| Scientific Name | Status |
|---|---|
| Saccharum officinarum | Host |
Quarantine Status (10 records)
Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.
| Country | Status | Year Added |
|---|---|---|
| Bahrain | Quarantine pests | 2003 |
| Brazil | A1 list | 2018 |
| Iran | Absent | 2018 |
| Morocco | Quarantine pest | 2018 |
| Oman | Absent | — |
| Pakistan | Quarantine pests | — |
| French Polynesia | Quarantine pests | — |
| Qatar | Absent | — |
| Sudan | Quarantine pests | — |
| United States of America | Quarantine pest | 1989 |
Distribution (42 countries)
Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.
| Country | Status | State |
|---|---|---|
| Australia | Present | |
| Belize | Present | — |
| Bermuda | Present | — |
| Brazil | Absent | |
| Barbados | Present | — |
| China | Present | |
| Cameroon | Present | — |
| Colombia | Present | — |
| Costa Rica | Present | — |
| Cuba | Present | — |
Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)
Download CSVGenomes (0 records)
Data source: NCBI.
No genome records available.
Transcriptomes (0 records)
Data source: NCBI.
No transcriptome records available.
Literature
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