False Smut of Buffalograss

Authors

John L. Weihing

Date of this Version

3-1956

Document Type

Article

Citation

Weihing, John L. (1956) False smut of buffalograss (Research Bulletin: Bulletin of the Agricultural Experiment Station of Nebraska No. 180)

Comments

ISSN 0097-1511

Abstract

False smut of buffalograss, Buchloe dactyloides (Nutt.) Engelm., caused by Cercospora seminalis Ell. & Ev. is a disease that destroys the unfertilized ovary. The disease was first reported by J. B. Ellis and B. M. Everhart in 1888. They gave only a brief description of the disease and named the causal fungus Cercospora seminalis. There are no etiological studies of false smut recorded in the literature. The origin of the term "false smut" is unknown to the author, but it so descriptively fits the general appearances of the disease that one readily understands its usage. The following studies were conducted from 1950 to 1954.