“…Many species of cultivated crucifers are susceptible to infection, including cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, Chinese cabbage, kale, rutabaga and Brussels sprouts Chupp and Sherf, 1960). Black rot is widespread in crucifer fields in the USA Chupp and Sherf, 1960;Hunter et aI., 1975;Schaad, 1976a;Alvarez et al, 1985), Asia (Schaad and Thaveechai, 1983;Kim, 1986), India (Patel et al, 1949) and Africa (On sando, 1987) when the weather is favourable for disease. The pathogen was shown to be seedborne in 1904, and transmission of the pathogen by seed was demonstrated in 1921 .…”