Ergot fungus Claviceps cynodontis found on Bermuda grass (Cynodon dactylon) in the Americas Academic Article

abstract

• Claviceps cynodontis is a widespread parasite of Cynodon spp. (Bermuda grass) in the paleotropical and subtropical regions. The sphacelial stage of ergot on Cynodon dactylon in Mxico and Texas was identified as that of Claviceps cynodontis by comparison of conidial morphology, rDNA sequence, and random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) patterns with an African isolate of this species. Sequence of internal transcribed spacers ITS1-5.8S-ITS2 of Claviceps cynodontis clustered phylogenetically with those of Claviceps maximensis, Claviceps rhynchelytri, and Claviceps sp. SG (from Setaria geniculata). This is the first record of the identification of Claviceps cynodontis in the Americas. 2005, Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.

authors

• Odvody, Gary

published proceedings

• Canadian Journal of Plant Pathology

author list (cited authors)

• Paoutov, S., Odvody, G., & Frederickson, D. E.

citation count

• 3

complete list of authors

• Pažoutová, S||Odvody, G||Frederickson, DE

publication date

• January 2005

publisher

• Taylor & Francis  Publisher

published in

• Canadian Journal of Plant Pathology  Journal

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1080/07060660509507255

start page

• 541

end page

• 546

volume

• 27

issue

• 4

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07060660509507255