Sarocladium strictum
(acremonium wilt)

Identity

Preferred Scientific Name

• Sarocladium strictum (W. Gams) Summerb.

Preferred Common Name

• acremonium wilt

Other Scientific Names

• Acremonium strictum W. Gams
• Cephalosporium acremonium Corda
• Haplotrichum acremonium (Corda) Pound & Clem.
• Hyalopus acremonium (Corda) M.A.J. Barbosa

International Common Names

• English: black bundle disease of maize; kernel rot of maize

EPPO code

• ACREST (Acremonium strictum)

Taxonomic Tree

• Domain: Eukaryota
•     Kingdom: Fungi
•         Phylum: Ascomycota
•             Subphylum: Pezizomycotina
•                 Class: Sordariomycetes
•                     Subclass: Hypocreomycetidae
•                         Order: Hypocreales
•                             Genus: Sarocladium
•                                 Species: Sarocladium strictum

Distribution Table

The distribution in this summary table is based on all the information available. When several references are cited, they may give conflicting information on the status. Further details may be available for individual references in the Distribution Table Details section which can be selected by going to Generate Report.

List of Symptoms/Signs

Plant Trade

References

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