Fungal Species Causing Maize Leaf Blight in Different Agro-Ecologies in India.

ABSTRACT: Foliar diseases of maize cause severe economic losses in India and around the world. The increasing severity of maize leaf blight (MLB) over the past ten years necessitates rigorous identification and characterization of MLB-causing pathogens from different maize production zones to ensure the success of resistance breeding programs and the selection of appropriate disease management strategies. Although Bipolaris maydis is the primary pathogen causing MLB in India, other related genera such as Curvularia, Drechslera, and Exserohilum, and a taxonomically distant genus, Alternaria, are known to infect maize in other countries. To investigate the diversity of pathogens associated with MLB in India, 350 symptomatic leaf samples were collected between 2016 an

SUBMITTER: Singh V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8705428 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature