•  Infected plant chlorotic and sometime stunted, white-stripped leaves & abnormal seed set.
• The chlorotic area of leaf always includes the base of the blade, and transverse margins usually sharply defined between the diseased and healthy tissues
• A white, downy growth may appear on both surface of infected leaves. Sometimes tassels of diseased plant may exhibit phyllody.
• Tolerant plants may show symptoms of systemic infection but have normal seed production.

Management

• Use resistant TNAU maize hybrid CO-6
• Rogue out affected plants.
• Spray Metalaxyl+ Mancozeb @ 1000g, Mancozeb 1000g/ha at 20 days after sowing