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Agricultural crops :: Cereals :: Maize

Curvularia Leaf Spot: Curvularia pallescens , Curvularia lunata

Symptoms
  • The disease appears in the form of flecking which later develops into larger lesions.
  • The lesions in general are round to oval, separate or coalescent, 1-6 mm in diameter.
  • The centre of each lesion is straw coloured to light brown, which is surrounded by a dark brown margin
Management
  • Seed treatment with Thiram and Captan @ 2g/kgreduce seed infection
  • Two applications of  Captafol @2g/lit of water
Healthy Leaf Infected Leaf


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