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  • Which plant pathogen causes southern leaf blight disease in maize?

    Question: Which plant pathogen causes southern leaf blight disease in maize?

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    Peronosclerospora sacchari
    Helminthosporium maydis
    Puccinia sorghi
    Macrophomina phaseolina

    🔑Key Points:
    -Leaf blight, (Helminthosporium maydis) is a fungal disease of maize.

    ✏️Symptoms:
    -​The fungus affects the crop at a young stage. Small yellowish round to oval spots is seen on the leaves.
    -The spots gradually increase in the area into bigger elliptical spots and are straw to grayish brown in the center with dark brown margins.
    -The spots coalesce giving a blighted appearance.
    -The surface is covered with olive-green velvety masses of conidia and conidiophores.

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