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Brown Spot or Sesame leaf spot : Causal organism:Helminthosporium oryzae

(Sexual stage: Cochliobolus miyabeanus)

Symptoms

  • The fungus attacks the crop from seedling to milky stage in main field
  • Symptoms appear as minute spots on the coleoptile, leaf blade, leaf sheath, and glume, being most prominent on the leaf blade and glumes.
  • The spots become cylindrical or oval, dark brown with yellow halo.
  • The several spots coalesce and the leaf dries up.
  • The seedlings die and affected nurseries can be often recognised from a distance by scorched appearance.
  • Dark brown or black spots also appear on glumes leading to grain discoloration.
  • It causes failure of seed germination, seedling mortality and reduces the grain quality and weight.
             

 

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