Specimen ID | 1687344 |
Group | Plants |
Genus | Zizania |
Species | latifolia |
Common Name | Manchurian wildrice |
State | CA |
County | Riverside |
Locality | county non-specific |
Mapping Accuracy | Centroid |
Centroid Type | County |
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Collection Day | 19 |
Collection Month | 10 |
Collection Year | 2017 |
Year Accuracy | Actual |
Potential Pathway | planted food |
Status | eradicated |
Reference 1 |
Ref. Number: | 37817 |
Author: | Chitambar, J. |
Date: | 2017 |
Title: | Ustilago esculenta Pest Risk Profile |
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Reference 2 |
Ref. Number: | 37818 |
Author: | Kelch, D. |
Date: | 2018 |
Title: | Manchurian Wild Rice (Zizania latifolia) Pest Rating Profile |
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Comments | On November 20, 2017, Cheryl Blomquist, CDFA plant pathologist, detected Ustilago esculenta, by PCR and sequencing, from the swollen, white interior plant tissue. |
Record Type | Literature |
Earliest Record | county |
Verifier | California Department of Food and Agriculture |
Freshwater/Marine | Freshwater |
Specimen Impact | The host <em>Zizania</em> can spread the smut fungus, <em>Ustilago esculenta</em>, to native species of wild rice that may prevent development of inflorescences and thus seed production. |