• Korean Journal Plant Pathology
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• v.10 no.1
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• pp.61-63
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• 1994

A brown leaf and stem spot disease of bayonet-grass (Scirpus maritimus) was epidemic in reclaimed paddy fields of Chunbuk province, Korea. A fungal pathogen was repeatedly isolated from the necrotic lesions of the bayonet-grass and identified as Nimbya scirpicola. The pathogen induced disease symptoms only in bayonet-grass but not in 8 other plants tested; Brassica pathogen induced disease symptoms only in bayonet-grass but not in 8 other plants tested; Brassica compestris subsp. napus var. pekinensis, Cucumis sativus, Glycine max, Hordeum vulgare, Lycopersicon esculentum, Oryza sativa, Sesamum indicum and Triticum aestivum. The fungus has potential to be developed as a mycoherbicide.