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Pathogen
Fusarium acuminatum

Overview

Scientific name

Fusarium acuminatum

Genus

Fusarium

EPPO code

GIBBAC

Common name

stalk rot of maize

Synonyms

Gibberella acuminata

Description

Summary of description from Leslie, Summerell and Bullock- The Fusarium Laboratory Manual:

Characters on PDA - relatively slow growing, mycelium is floccose with rose to bergundy pigmentation that can be greyish rose at periphery. Sporodochia form in the center of the colony, in a small central spore mass and are pale orange to dark brown. Red pigments (sometimes brown) are formed in the agar.

Macroconidia typically 5-septate, but can be 3- & 4-. Microsconidia are not a reliable taxonomic indicator, and isolates which produce them have not been compared molecularly.

Images of Fusarium acuminatum

Fusarium acuminatum on Hordeum vulgare subsp. vulgare, perspective: top
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Fusarium acuminatum on Hordeum vulgare subsp. vulgare

Image credits: SASA, GB

Fusarium acuminatum on Oxoid PDA, image top and bottom of isolate, a close up image of the top of another isolate also on Oxoid PDA and an image of Fusarium acuminatum macrospores x200.


sterilisation: Sodium hypochlorite (1% available chlorine) 10 mins | growth time: 7 | temperature: 20oC | lighting: Dark | plate size: 90mm | agar: PDA ( Oxoid)

Fusarium acuminatum on Hordeum vulgare subsp. vulgare, perspective: top
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Fusarium acuminatum on Hordeum vulgare subsp. vulgare

Image credits: SASA, GB

Fusarium acuminatum on Oxoid PDA, image top and bottom of isolate, a close up image of the top of another isolate also on Oxoid PDA and an image of Fusarium acuminatum macrospores x200.


sterilisation: Sodium hypochlorite (1% available chlorine) 10 mins | growth time: 7 | temperature: 20oC | lighting: Dark | plate size: 90mm | agar: PDA ( Oxoid)

Fusarium acuminatum on Hordeum vulgare subsp. vulgare, perspective: spores
click for more information

Fusarium acuminatum on Hordeum vulgare subsp. vulgare

Image credits: SASA, GB

Fusarium acuminatum on Oxoid PDA, image top and bottom of isolate, a close up image of the top of another isolate also on Oxoid PDA and an image of Fusarium acuminatum macrospores x200.


sterilisation: Sodium hypochlorite (1% available chlorine) 10 mins | growth time: 7 | temperature: 20oC | lighting: Dark | plate size: 90mm | agar: PDA ( Oxoid)