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Table 1. Regional distribution of sorghum diseases <strong>in</strong> <strong>India</strong>.<br />

Disease Causal organism Occurrence<br />

Gra<strong>in</strong> molds Fusarium, Curvularia spp<br />

Phoma, Alternaria,<br />

Parts of Andhra Pradesh, northern Karnataka<br />

(Belgaum, Dharwad, and Shimoga).<br />

Marathawada <strong>in</strong> Maharashtra.<br />

Exserohilum, Gonatobotrytis Coimbatore, North Arcot, Salem districts of<br />

Tamil Nadu.<br />

Trichothecium, and others Indore of Madhya Pradesh; Gujarat.<br />

Charcoal rot Macrophom<strong>in</strong>a phaseol<strong>in</strong>a Northern parts of Karnataka; Marathawada<br />

districts of Maharashtra, parts of Gujarat and<br />

Andhra Pradesh.<br />

Fusarium root<br />

and stalk rot Fusarium moniliforme<br />

Northern parts of Karnataka; parts of<br />

Marathawada <strong>in</strong> Maharashtra and Andhra<br />

Pradesh<br />

Ergot Claviceps sorghi Maharashtra, northern Karnataka, and<br />

Mysore; parts of Andhra Pradesh, Tamil<br />

Nadu, Gujarat, and Madhya Pradesh.<br />

Downy mildew Peronosclerospora sorghi Parts of Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra,<br />

and Andhra Pradesh, sporadic <strong>in</strong> Madhya<br />

Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh.<br />

Rust Pucc<strong>in</strong>ia purpurea All sorghum-grow<strong>in</strong>g regions of <strong>India</strong>.<br />

Zonate spot Gloeocercospora sorghi All sorghum-grow<strong>in</strong>g regions of <strong>India</strong>.<br />

Anthracnose Colletotrichum gram<strong>in</strong>icola Parts of Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar<br />

Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, and<br />

Rajasthan.<br />

Sooty stripe Ramulispora sorghi Parts of Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh,<br />

Rajasthan, and Karnataka.<br />

Rough leaf spot Ascochyta sorgh<strong>in</strong>a Parts of Andhra Pradesh and Madhya<br />

Pradesh.<br />

Gray leaf spot Cercospora sorghi Parts of Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh,<br />

Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, and Andhra<br />

Pradesh<br />

<strong>Sorghum</strong> red stripe Virus (SCMV) In parts of Maharashtra, Karnataka, and<br />

Andhra Pradesh.<br />

Gra<strong>in</strong> smut Sporisorium sorghi Sporadic <strong>in</strong> different regions.<br />

Loose smut Sphacelotheca cruenta Parts of Maharashtra and Karnataka.<br />

Head smut Sporisorium reilianum Parts of Maharashtra, Karnataka, Andhra<br />

Pradesh, and Tamil Nadu.<br />

Long smut Tolyposporium ehrenbergii Occasionally sporadic <strong>in</strong> Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu,<br />

Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, and Indore.<br />

Tar spot Phyllachora sacchari Parts of Karnataka.<br />

Wilt Acremonium strictum Parts of northern <strong>India</strong>.<br />

Leaf blight Setosphaeria turcica Parts of Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Tamil<br />

Nadu, Karnataka, and Andhra Pradesh.<br />

Crazy top Sclerophthora macrospora One report <strong>in</strong> Maharashtra.<br />

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