Diversity and fertility of Fusarium sacchari from wild rice (Oryza australiensis) in Northern Australia, and pathogenicity tests with wild rice, rice, sorghum and maize

Identification and pathogenicity of Fusarium species associated with pokkah boeng of sugarcane in Brazil

“…The species of the FFSC pathogenic to sugarcane also induced disease symptoms of stem rot in maize, sorghum and millet and must be considered potential pathogens of those crops. Fusarium sacchari was previously reported to cause root rot in maize, sorghum and rice and symptoms of bakanae disease, but was also reported in several grass hosts as a putative endophyte (Leslie et al, 2005;Leslie & Summerell, 2006;Petrovic et al, 2013). The capacity of F. sacchari and F. proliferatum to infect different host plants can be relevant for the introduction and establishment of those fungi in new cultivated areas and their dissemination to the succeeding crop or other hosts.…”

Novel mastreviruses identified in Australian wild rice

“…Australia is a center of diversity and the possible origin of the AA genome group (Brozynska et al, 2017). There is considerable scientific interest in the wild species because of their potential to be used in rice breeding programs (Henry et al, 2010) but also because of the risks they pose to rice production by acting as reservoirs of pests and pathogens (Khemmuk et al, 2016;Petrovic et al, 2013). The fungus Pyricularia oryzae, the cause of blast disease, is thought to have jumped from wild to domesticated rice in north Queensland, an event that has led to the temporary abandonment of cropping in parts of Cape York Peninsula until disease management strategies can be devised (Khemmuk et al, 2016).…”

Fusarium species associated with grain sorghum and mungbean in Queensland

“…Other species of Fusarium reported to colonise sorghum tissues include F. acaciamearnsii, F. boothi, F. chlamydosporum, F. compactum, F. cortaderiae, F. culmorum, F. dimerum, F. equiseti, F. graminearum, F. meridionale, F. oxysporum, F. pseudograminearum, F. sacchari, F. sambucinum, F. scirpi, F. semitectum (synonymous with F. incarnatum and F. pallidoroseum), F. solani, and F. tricinctum (Claflin, 1986, Trimboli & Burgess, 1985, Shivas, 1989, Zummo, 1984, Petrovic et al, 2009, HyoWon et al, 2013, Petrovic et al, 2013, Quazi et al, 2009, Leslie & Summerell, 2006. Recent advances in taxonomy have seen most of these species segregated within species complexes.…”

“…Fusarium sacchari is recognised as a member of the F. fujikuroi species complex, and has been associated with diseases in sugarcane and maize (Petrovic et al, 2013).…”

“…Several Fusarium species within the chlamydosporum, dimerum, incarnatumequiseti, oxysporum, sambucinum, and solani species complexes have also been associated with sorghum (Claflin, 1986, Petrovic et al, 2013, Petrovic et al, 2009, Trimboli & Burgess, 1985, Shivas, 1989, Zummo, 1984, HyoWon et al, 2013.…”