First Detection of Pseudomonas fuscovaginae on Maize and Sorghum in Burundi. E. Duveiller, Laboratoire de Phytopathologie, Université Catholique de Louvain, Place Croix du Sud, 3, B-1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium. F. Snacken, H. Maraite, and A. Autrique. Laboratoire de Phytopathologie, Université Catholique de Louvain, Place Croix du Sud, 3, B-1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium, and Division de Défense des Végétaux, Institut des Sciences Agronomiques du Burundi, B.P. 795, Bujumbura, Burundi. Plant Dis. 73:514-517. Accepted for publication 29 January 1989. Copyright 1989 The American Phytopathological Society. DOI: 10.1094/PD-73-0514.

Pseudomonas fuscovaginae was isolated from brown rot lesions on leaf sheaths and husks of maize at the silking stage and on flag leaf sheaths of sorghum at the booting stage in smallholders’ fields between 1,450 and 2,100 meters above sea level in Burundi. In comparative biochemical, serological, and pathogenicity tests, the strains from maize and sorghum were similar to those previously isolated from rice.