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Seed Testing of Maize and Wheat A Laboratory Guide - Search ...

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Curvularia Boedijn<br />

Disease Identification 65 67 I Quick clue<br />

Curvularia leaf spot <strong>of</strong> wheat <strong>and</strong><br />

maize (c. lunata; C. pa/lescens;<br />

C. inequalis; C. tuberculata;<br />

C. maculans; C. clavata).<br />

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Distribution<br />

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World-wide - especially in the<br />

tropics.<br />

Significance<br />

Colony on wheat (x8)<br />

I Conidiophores <strong>and</strong> conidia (x400)<br />

Crop production: Frequently ~ I ~ <br />

encountered as a pathogen or <br />

saprophyte <strong>of</strong> maize <strong>and</strong> wheat. <br />

C. pallescens causes a late<br />

season disease <strong>of</strong> maize that can<br />

result in serious losses in tropical<br />

regions, but is a minor pathogen In<br />

temperate regions.<br />

Quarantine: None known.<br />

Colony on maize (x8)<br />

Conidiophore <strong>and</strong> conidia (x1000)

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