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Andrew K. Gonsalves, Educational Specialist
Stephan A. Ferreira, Extension Plant Pathologist
Department of Plant Pathology, CTAHR
University of Hawaii at Manoa
Seven Bipolaris species have been reported to occur in Hawaii (Raabe, et al., 1981). The following is a list of the reported pathogens from this genus (Bipolaris) and the hosts they infect. The list is organized by the scientific and name of the pathogen species (CAPITAL LETTERS), followed by the symptom or disease a given pathogen causes on the listed hosts
BIPOLARIS CYNODONTIS
Leaf Blight:
BIPOLARIS HAWAIIENSIS
Flecks on Flowers:
BIPOLARIS ORYZAE
Brown Spot:
BIPOLARIS RAVENELII
Sooty Spike:
BIPOLARIS SETARIAE
Dark Necrotic Flecks on Flowers:
Leafspot:
BIPOLARIS SOROKINIANA
Seedling Blight:
BIPOLARIS UROCHLOAE
KINGDOM: Mycetae (fungi)
DIVISION: Eumycota
SUBDIVISION: Deuteromycotina (The imperfect fungi)
CLASS: Hyphomycetes
ORDER: Hyphales (Moniliales)
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Agrios, G.N. 1988. Plant Pathology, 3rd edition. Academic Press, Inc: San Diego. 803 pp.
Farr, , D.F., G.F. Bills, G.P. Chamuris, and A.Y. Rossman. 1989. Fungi on Plants and Plant Products in the United States. APS PRESS: St. Paul, Minnesota. 1252 pp.
Raabe, Robert D., Ibra L. Conners, and Albert P. Martinez. 1981. Checklist of Plant Diseases in Hawaii. Hawaii Institute of Agriculture and Human Resources, College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources, University of Hawaii (Information Text Series 022).
Streets, R.B. 1982. The Diagnosis of Plant Diseases: a field and laboratory manual emphasizing the most practical methods for rapid identification. The University of Arizona Press: Tucson, Arizona.
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