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CULTURAL AND MORPHOLOGICAL VARIABILITY IN ISOLATES OF EXSEROHILUM TURCICUM CAUSING LEAF BLIGHT OF MAIZE
ISSN: 2277 - 7601
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CULTURAL AND MORPHOLOGICAL VARIABILITY IN ISOLATES OF EXSEROHILUM TURCICUM CAUSING LEAF BLIGHT OF MAIZE
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ICC-0202
Publisher: Kiran Abasaheb More
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IAA.ZONE/2277391607601
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2277 - 7601
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Abstract
Maize crop was prone to several foliar and stalk rot diseases. Among the foliar diseases, the fungus Exserohilum turcicum (Pass.) Leonard and Suggs was a major foliar fungal pathogen. Twelve fungal isolates were studied for both cultural and morphological characters by growing in different medium viz., Maize leaf extract agar, Potato carrot agar, Yeast + Potato dextrose agar and Potato dextrose agar. The colony colour was categorized into Grey, dark grey, very dark grey, black. Based on colony pigmentation the isolates were grouped into brown, light brown and dark brown. Based on sporulation, the isolates were classified as; profuse, moderate and poor. On the other hand, there was a significant variation in conidial length, width and number of septa in the twelve isolates of E. turcicum. The average length and width of conidia (20X) was (41
