Presumptive identification of Pseudomonas syringae, the cause of foliar leafspots and streaks on pearl millet in Zimbabwe

Authors
Frederickson, DE Monyo, ES King, SB Odvody, GN Claflin, LE
Citation
De. Frederickson et al., Presumptive identification of Pseudomonas syringae, the cause of foliar leafspots and streaks on pearl millet in Zimbabwe, J PHYTOPATH, 147(11-12), 1999, pp. 701-706
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Plant Sciences
Journal title
JOURNAL OF PHYTOPATHOLOGY-PHYTOPATHOLOGISCHE ZEITSCHRIFT
ISSN journal
09311785 → ACNP
Volume
147
Issue
11-12
Year of publication
1999
Pages
701 - 706
Database
ISI
SICI code
0931-1785(199912)147:11-12<701:PIOPST>2.0.ZU;2-S
Abstract
The etiology of a leafspot disease of pearl miller in Zimbabwe was investig ated using Koch's postulates. Bipolaris sp., Exserohilum sp., and bacteria, were isolated from lesions but only bacterial isolates produced the origin al symptoms following inoculation of a susceptible pearl millet line, 852B. Biochemical and physiological tests, including LOPAT, indicated the bacter ium was the fluorescent pseudomonad, Pseudomonas syringae. This represents the first report of P. syringae on pearl millet in Africa.