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Pennisetum clandestinum
Kikuyu grass (Poaceae)
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PATHOGENS
PATHOGEN PLANT PART AFFECTED
Scientific Name - Common Name Leaf Stem Root Flower Seed Fruit
Curvularia lunata - Curvularia ? ? ? ? ? ?
Helminthosporium turcicum - Helminthosporium Yes (spot) No No No No No
Meloidogyne sp. - Root-knot nematode No No Yes (knot) No No No
Phakopsora sp. - Phakopsora ? ? ? ? ? ?
Puccinia sp. - Puccinia ? ? ? ? ? ?

PUBLICATIONS
Gardner, D. E. 1984. Kikuyugrass rust caused by Phakopsora apoda in Hawaii. Plant Disease 826.

Gardner, D. E., and V. A. D. Kageler. 1983. Glyphosate in the control of kikuyugrass, and its effects on associated native and nonnative plants in Hawaiian national parks. Cooperative Park Studies Unit (Dept. Botany)/Univ. Hawaii. Technical Report 20

IMAGES
09_096 -- Kikuyu grass pasture, Maui Kikuyu grass pasture, Maui
HOST: Pennisetum clandestinum
28_046 -- Kikuyugrass climbing into trees by HAVO headquarters Kikuyugrass climbing into trees by HAVO headquarters
HOST: Pennisetum clandestinum
28_047 -- Kikuyugrass climbing into trees by HAVO headquarters Kikuyugrass climbing into trees by HAVO headquarters
HOST: Pennisetum clandestinum
28_048 -- sprayed Kikyugrass with Roundup sprayed Kikyugrass with Roundup
HOST: Pennisetum clandestinum
28_049 -- sprayed Kikyugrass with Roundup sprayed Kikyugrass with Roundup
HOST: Pennisetum clandestinum
18_109 -- Kikuyugrass rust urediniospores from Lanai (Phakopsora apoda) Kikuyugrass rust urediniospores from Lanai (Phakopsora apoda)
HOST: Pennisetum clandestinum
PATHOGEN: Phakopsora apoda
18_110 -- Kikuyugrass rust urediniospores from Lanai (Phakopsora apoda) Kikuyugrass rust urediniospores from Lanai (Phakopsora apoda)
HOST: Pennisetum clandestinum
PATHOGEN: Phakopsora apoda
18_111 -- Paraphyses of Kikuyugrass rust, Phakopsora apoda Paraphyses of Kikuyugrass rust, Phakopsora apoda
HOST: Pennisetum clandestinum
PATHOGEN: Phakopsora apoda

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