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Within the observation site, The best time to spray is 3 weeks before
observe 3-4 rows of about 20 ft. flowering and silking or as soon as
in length or 20 plants per site lesions appear.
Host of Exserohilum
turcicum: Symptoms caused by GLS
Maize and sorghum are the primary host Early lesions of GLS appear as pin-point,
while millet and some other grass species olive green spots which later grow into
are secondary host. elongated, roughly– parallel (rectangular)
sided lesions with a yellow halo. Similar to
TLB, the lesions of GLS too start from the
Host of Cercospora lower leaves and progress upwards. Plants
zeae-maydis: are infected by both TLB and GLS where the
weather conditions are favourable. Heavy
Echinochloa colonum,sorghum halepense infection of plants with TLB and GLS can
and other species of sorghum cause complete blight of plants.