EPPO Global Database

Pyricularia oryzae(PYRIOR)

Hosts

Important note about the classification of host plants in GD:
Categories have been assigned by the EPPO Secretariat on the basis of available data at the time of entry. They correspond to a qualitative evaluation of the importance of the host plant for the pest concerned and remain indicative only.
Further explanation of categories is available in the guide.
Organism Type
Oryza sativa (ORYSA) Major host
* Pak D, You MP, Lanoiselet V, Barbetti MJ (2021) Management of rice blast (Pyricularia oryzae): implications of alternative hosts. European Journal of Plant Pathology 161(2), 343-355.
Triticum aestivum (TRZAX) Major host
* Goulart A, Paiva F, Mesquita N (1992) Perdasentrigo (Triticum aestivum) causadas por Pyricularia oryzae. Fitopatol Bras. 17:115–7.

* Islam MT, Croll D, Gladieux P et al. (2016) Emergence of wheat blast in Bangladesh was caused by a South American lineage of Magnaporthe oryzae . BMC Biol 14, 84. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12915-016-0309-7
Oryza australiensis (ORYAU) Wild/Weed
* Pak D, You MP, Lanoiselet V, Barbetti MJ (2021) Management of rice blast (Pyricularia oryzae): implications of alternative hosts. European Journal of Plant Pathology 161(2), 343-355.
------- inoculation studies.
Cenchrus ciliaris (PESCI) Host
* Perrott RF, Chakraborty S (1999) Pyricularia grisea causes blight of buffel grass (Cenchrus ciliaris) in Queensland, Australia. Tropical Grasslands 33, 201-206.
Hakonechloa macra (HKNMA) Host
* Farinas C, Villari C, Martin D, Taylor NJ, Peduto Hand F (2017) Magnaporthe oryzae perennial ryegrass pathotype causes leaf spots and blight on Japanese forest grass in Ohio. Plant Disease 101(3), p 507.
Hordeum vulgare (HORVX) Host
* Roy KK, Reza MM, Muzahid-E-Rahman M, Mustarin KE, Malaker PK, Barma NC, He X, Singh PK (2021) First report of barley blast caused by Magnaporthe oryzae pathotype Triticum (MoT) in Bangladesh. Journal of General Plant Pathology 87, 184-191.
-------  pathotype Triticum.
Lolium arundinaceum (FESAR) Host
* Russell TR, Kaminski JE, Dernoeden PH (2019) First report of Magnaporthe oryzae causing gray leaf spot on tall fescue in Delaware and Maryland. Plant Disease 103(11), p 2966.
Lolium perenne (LOLPE) Host
* Milazzo J, Pordel A, Ravel S, Tharreau D (2019) First Scientific Report of Pyricularia oryzae Causing Gray Leaf Spot Disease on Perennial Ryegrass (Lolium perenne) in France. Plant Disease 2019 103:5, 1024-1024. https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-09-18-1545-PDN
------- confirmed host
Musa (1MUBG) Host
Poaceae (1GRAF) Host
Setaria italica (SETIT) Host
* Pordel A, Tharreau D, Cros-Arteil S, Shams E, Moumeni A, Mirzadi Gohari A, Javan-Nikkhah M (2018) Pyricularia oryzae causing blast on foxtail millet in Iran. Plant Disease 102(9), p 1853.
Setaria palmifolia (SETPA) Host
* Liu JT, Wang RF, Qian N, Li JL, Zhao WS, Xing JJ, Yang J (2023) First report of Pyricularia oryzae causing blast on palm grass in China. Plant Disease 107(2), 583.
Sorghum halepense (SORHA) Host
* Pordel A, Tharreau D, Ghorbani G, Javan-Nikkhah M (2020) First Report of Pyricularia oryzae causing blast on Sorghum halepense (Johnson Grass) in Iran. Plant Disease 104(11), 3061
Triticum (1TRZG) Host
x Triticosecale (1TTLG) Host
* Roy KK, Muzahid-E-Rahman, Reza MA, Mustarin KE, Malaker PK, Barma NC, Hossain I, He X, Singh PK (2021) First report of triticale blast caused by the fungus Magnaporthe oryzae pathotype Triticum in Bangladesh. Canadian Journal of Plant Pathology 43(2), 288-295. https://doi.org/10.1080/07060661.2020.1793223
Zea mays (ZEAMX) Host