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1. WILT – Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. ciceri Symptoms The disease occurs in seedling stage and flowering stage. Infected seedlings show yellowing, drying of leaves, browning of vascular bundles and finally wilting of plants. Mode of Spread and Survival The disease spreads through irrigation water and farm implements. The pathogen survives as chlamydospores in the soil […]
DISEASES OF MAIZE DISEASES CAUSAL ORGANISM Downey mildew / Crazy top Peronosclerospora sorghi, P.philipenensis Charcoal rot Macrophomina phaseolina Head smut Sphacelotheca reiliana Leaf blight Helminthosporium maydis Rust Puccinia sorghi 1. DOWNY MILDEW OR CRAZY TOP- Peronosclerospora sorgi Symptoms The development of chlorotic streaks appears on the leaves and plants exhibit stunted and bushy appearance. White […]