Lexic.us

Definition of Sphacelotheca reiliana

1. Noun. Smut fungus attacking heads of corn or sorghum and causing a covered smut.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sphacelotheca Reiliana

Literary usage of Sphacelotheca reiliana

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Pathogens of Maize Seeds: Bibliographyby Andrew Kalinski by Andrew Kalinski (1994)
"Survival of teliospores of sphacelotheca reiliana in soil. Phytopathology 76:487-490. ... Histological development sphacelotheca reiliana on Zea mays. ..."

2. Diseases of Economic Plants by Frank Lincoln Stevens, John Galentine Hall (1910)
"... may be used if preferred.1 Head smut (sphacelotheca reiliana (Kuehn) Clinton).— Instead of involving the grains singly, ..."

3. Diseases of Economic Plants by Frank Lincoln Stevens, John Galentine Hall (1921)
"... (sphacelotheca reiliana (Kuehn) Clinton).— Instead of involving the grains singly, as in the kernel-smut, the head as a whole is affected. ..."

4. Forage Plants and Their Culture by Charles Vancouver Piper (1914)
"... head smut (sphacelotheca reiliana); and Red spot or Sorghum blight (Bacillus sorghi). Kernel smut affects only the individual grains, and all or nearly ..."

5. Forage Plants and Their Culture by Charles Vancouver Piper (1914)
"... head smut (sphacelotheca reiliana); and Red spot or Sorghum blight (Bacillus sorghi). Kernel smut affects only the individual grains, and all or nearly ..."

6. Rice Seed Health: Proceedings of the International Workshop on Rice Seed by International Rice Research Institute, United Nations Development Programme (1988)
"sphacelotheca reiliana, the cause of head smut, results in minor losses in some temperate and subtropical areas. As with common smut, it is seedborne only ..."

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