Fungi reported to cause pre- or post-emergence damping off and seedling blight of pearl millet.
Seed source |
Fungal isolate |
Disease symptoms |
Reference |
India |
Chaetomium globosum Curvularia penniseti Drechslera maydis Drechslera rostrata=(E. rostratum) Drechslera tetramera Fusarium equiseti Fusarium fusarioides |
Reduced germination Reduced germination, seedling blight Reduced germination Reduced germination Reduced germination Reduced germination Reduced germination |
Mathur et al. (1973) |
India (?) |
Alternaria alternata Aspergillus tereus Curvularia lunata Drechslera australiensis Fusarium moniliforme Fusarium solani Rhizoctonia bataticola |
Leaf spots, marginal necrosis Root and stem lesions Leaf lesions Seedling blight, leaf spots Reduced germination, seedling blight Reduced germination, seedling blight Foliar lesions |
Konde et al. (1980) |
India |
Drechslera setariae (=B. setariae) |
Reduced germination, seedling blight |
Shetty et al. (1982) |
Nigeria |
Fusarium moniliforme |
Reduced germination |
Onesirosan (1975) |
USA |
Fusarium moniliforme Helminthosporium rostratum Helminthosporium setariae |
Reduced emergence Reduced emergence Reduced emergence |
Wells and Winstead (1965) |
USA |
Phyllosticta penicillariae |
Seedling blight |
Wilson and Burton (1990) |