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Diseases of Pearl Millet
(Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br.)

Jeffrey P. Wilson and Larry Claflin, primary collators (last updated 6/27/96)

BACTERIAL DISEASES

Bacterial spot

Pseudomonas syringae van Hall

Bacterial leaf streak

Xanthomonas campestris (Pammel) Dowson pv. pennamericanum

Bacterial leaf stripe

Pseudomonas avenae Manns

FUNGAL DISEASES

Bipolaris leaf spot

Bipolaris setariae (Saw.) Shoem

Cercospora leaf spot

Cercospora penniseti (Chupp)

Curvularia leaf spot

Curvularia penniseti (Mitra) Boedijn

Dactuliophora leaf spot

Dactuliophora elongata Leakey

Downy mildew

Sclerospora graminicola (Sacc.) Schroet.

Downy mildew

Plasmopara penniseti Kenneth & Kranz.

Drechslera leaf spot

Drechslera dematioidea (Bubak & Wroblewski) Subram. & Jain

Ergot

Claviceps fusiformis Loveless

Exserohilum leaf blight

Exserohilum rostratum (Drechs.) K.J. Leonard & E.G. Suggs

False mildew

Beniowskia sphaeroidea (Kalchbr. & Cke.) Mason

Head mold

Various fungi

Myrothecium leaf spot

Myrothecium roridum Tode ex. Fr

Phyllosticta leaf blight

Phyllosticta penicillariae Speg.

Pyricularia leaf spot

Pyricularia grisea (Cke.) Sacc

Rhizoctonia blight

Rhizoctonia solani Kuhn

Rhizoctonia zeae Voorhees

Rust

Puccinia substriata Ell. & Barth. var. indica Ramachar & Cumm.

Seedling blight

Various fungi

Smut

Moesziomyces penicillariae (Bref.) Vanky

Southern blight

Sclerotium rolfsii Sacc.

Top rot

Fusarium moniliforme Sheldon

Zonate leaf spot

Gleocercospora sorghi Bain & Edgerton

VIRAL DISEASES

Black streaked dwarf virus

Guinea grass mosaic virus

Maize dwarf mosaic virus

Maize streak virus

Panicum mosaic virus

Satellite panicum mosaic virus

Wheat streak mosaic virus

NEMATODE DISEASES

Burrowing nematode

Radopholous similis (Cobb) Thorne

Cyst nematode

Heterodera gambiensis Merny & Netscher

Dagger nematode

Xiphinema americanum Cobb

Lance nematode

Hoplolaimus indicus Sher

Panagrolaimus nematode

Panagrolaimus spp.

Ring nematode

Criconemella ornata (Raski) Luc & Raski

Root knot nematode

Meloidogyne incognita (Kofoid & White) Chitwood

Meloidogyne javonica (Treub.) Chitwood

Meloidogyne arenaria (Neal) Chitwood

Root lesion nematode

Pratylenchus mulchandi Nandakumar & Khera

Pratylenchus brachyurus (Godfrey) Filipjev & Schuurmans
    Stekhoven

Pratylenchus zeae Graham

Sting nematode

Belonolaimus longicaudatus Rau

Stubby-root nematode

Paratrichodorus minor (Colbran) Siddiqi

Stunt nematode

Tylenchorhynchus vulgaris Upadhyay

Tylenchorhynchus phaseoli Sethi & Swarup

Tylenchorhynchus zeae Sethi & Swarup

PARASITIC FLOWERING PLANTS

Witchweed

Striga hermonthica Benth.

Striga asiatica (L.) Kuntze