TABLE 1.
Members of Poaceae plants infected or colonized under natural or experimental conditions by Clavibacter nebraskensis, the causal agent of Goss's wilt of maize
| Species | Common name | Usage | Natural host | Experimental host | Epiphytic or endophytic | Systemic infection | Seedborne | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zea mays | Maize, corn | Crop | + | + | + | + | + | Schuster (1975); Webster et al. (2019); Langemeier et al. (2012, 2014); Ikley (2019) |
| Andropogon gerardii | Big bluestem | Forage | + | ND | ND | − | − | |
| Setaria verticillata | Bristly foxtail | Weed | + | + | ND | − | − | |
| Tripsacum dactyloides | Eastern gamagrass | Forage | + | ND | ND | − | − | |
| Setaria faberi | Giant foxtail | Weed | + | + | ND | − | − | |
| Sorghum vulgare | Grain sorghum | Crop | + | ND | − | − | ||
| Setaria viridis | Green foxtail | Weed | + | + | ND | − | − | |
| Schizachyrium scoparium | Little bluestem | Ornamental | + | ND | ND | − | − | |
| Sorghum bicolor subsp. arundinaceum | Shattercane | Grass | + | ND | ND | − | − | |
| S. bicolor subsp. drummondii | Sudangrass | Grass | + | ND | ND | − | − | |
| Saccharum officinarum | Sugarcane | Crop | + | ND | ND | − | − | |
| Euchlaena mexicana | Teosinte | Fodder | + | ND | ND | − | − | |
| Eriochloa villosa | Woolly cupgrass | Weed | + | ND | ND | − | − | |
| Setaria pumila | Yellow foxtail | Weed | + | + | ND | − | − | |
| Lolium multiflorum | Annual ryegrass | Cover crop | ND | + | ND | − | − | Ikley et al. (2015); Langemeier et al. (2014) |
| Sorghum halepense | Johnson grass | Weed/forage | ND | + | ND | − | − | |
| Digitaria sanguinalis | Large crabgrass | Fodder | ND | + | ND | − | − | |
| Echinochloa crus‐galli | Barnyard grass | Fodder | + | − | ND | − | − | Wysong et al. (1981) |
| Triticum aestivum | Wheat | Crop | − | − | + | − | − | Webster et al. (2019) |
| Avena sativa | Oat | Crop | − | − | + | − | − |
Webster et al. (2019) |
Note: Except for maize, which is the main host of C. nebraskensis, the other plant species are considered either secondary or experimental hosts of the pathogen. +, positive; −, negative; ND, not determined.