STROMA——A KIND OF CONIDIOMATA OF CURVULARIA LUNATA / 微生物学通报

A new leaf spot disease on maize mainly caused by Curvularia lunata( Walk )Boed is becoming prevalent in the north of China The conidia play an im portant role during the disease invasion circulation When we cultivated C lunata on sorghum medium, a kind of black and short columned protuberance was obser v ed on the surface of sorghum Further microscopic examination certified that th is special structure was stroma, a kind of conidiomata of C lunata