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Sorghum Diseases in India

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Table 1. Bacterial diseases of sorghum.<br />

Common name Pathogen Symptom Reference<br />

Bacterial stripe Pseudomonas<br />

andropogonis<br />

L<strong>in</strong>ear, <strong>in</strong>tervenial<br />

lesions of various<br />

colors depend<strong>in</strong>g upon<br />

host genotype<br />

Bacterial leaf blight Pseudomonas avenue Irregular shaped<br />

lesions with tan<br />

centers and dark red<br />

marg<strong>in</strong>s<br />

Bacterial spot Pseudomonas syr<strong>in</strong>gae<br />

pv syr<strong>in</strong>gae<br />

Bacterial streak Xanthomonas<br />

campestris pv<br />

holcicola<br />

Bacterial leaf stripe Pseudomonas<br />

rubrisubalbicans<br />

Red stripe Pseudomonas<br />

rubrul<strong>in</strong>eans<br />

Gummosis disease of<br />

sugarcane<br />

Xanthomonas<br />

campestris pv<br />

vasculorum<br />

Bacterial soft rot Erw<strong>in</strong>a chrysanthemi<br />

pv chrysanthemi<br />

Small, cyl<strong>in</strong>drical<br />

lesions with light<br />

colored centers<br />

L<strong>in</strong>ear, <strong>in</strong>tervenial<br />

lesions, very similar to<br />

bacterial stripe<br />

Irregular dark red<br />

lesions on leaves and<br />

sheaths<br />

Same as bacterial leaf<br />

blight<br />

Yellow, corotic stripes<br />

on leaves<br />

Necrotic or heavily<br />

pigmented stripes or<br />

blotches on upper<br />

leaves; stalk and leaf<br />

tissue rotted <strong>in</strong> whorls<br />

Bacterial sun spot Pseudomonas spp Circular to elliptic,<br />

dark red or brown<br />

spots with tan or light<br />

centers, found <strong>in</strong><br />

eastern Senegal<br />

Yellow leaf blotch Pseudomonas spp Scattered cream-yellow<br />

to light beige lesion;<br />

symptoms resemble<br />

Striga spp; throughout<br />

western Africa<br />

136<br />

Elliot 1929<br />

Bradbury 1973a<br />

Clafl<strong>in</strong>, L.E., and<br />

Ramundo, B.A.,<br />

unpublished; Kendrick<br />

1926<br />

Hale and Wilkie<br />

1972; Bradbury<br />

1967b<br />

Clafl<strong>in</strong>, L.E., and<br />

Ramundo, B.A.,<br />

unpublished; Bradbury<br />

1967b<br />

Zummo 1984;<br />

Bradbury 1973b<br />

Jenson et al. 1986<br />

Zummo and Freeman<br />

1975<br />

Zummo 1976

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