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Sclerophthora macrospora: The Incitant of Yellow Tuft Disease of Turf Grasses. Noel Jackson, Professor, Department of Plant Pathology and Entomology, University of Rhode Island, Kingston 02881. Peter H. Dernoeden, Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Plant Pathology and Entomology, University of Rhode Island, Kingston 02881. Plant Dis. 64:915-916. Copyright 1980 American Phytopathological Society. DOI: 10.1094/PD-64-915.

Infection studies using zoospores of Sclerophthora macrospora to inoculate various turf grasses confirm this pathogen as the causal agent of yellow tuft disease.

Keyword(s): downy mildew, Secale cereale.