Question: Which plant pathogen causes southern leaf blight disease in maize?
Options:
Peronosclerospora sacchari
Helminthosporium maydis
Puccinia sorghi
Macrophomina phaseolina
🔑Key Points:
-Leaf blight, (Helminthosporium maydis) is a fungal disease of maize.
-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.